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László Almásy

1895 - 1951

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László Adolf Ede György Mária Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós (Hungarian: zsadányi és törökszentmiklósi Almásy László Adolf Ede György Mária; pronounced [ˈɒlmaːʃi ˈlaːsloː ˈɛdɛ]; 22 August/3 November 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader, and sportsman who served as the basis for the protagonist in both Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient (1992) and the movie adaptation of the same name (1996). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. László Almásy is the 278th most popular explorer (up from 298th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Austria (up from 654th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, László Almásy ranks 278 out of 498. Before him are Aleksei Chirikov, Pyotr Kozlov, Grigory Shelikhov, Charles Wilkes, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and Richard Chancellor. After him are William Smith, Pierre Poivre, Willem de Vlamingh, Estêvão Gomes, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Freya Stark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, László Almásy ranks 140. Before him are Gustav Klutsis, Laurens Hammond, Walter Jackson Freeman II, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Susanne Langer, and Feng Youlan. After him are Nahum Goldmann, Gustav Lombard, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Trifko Grabež, Tomoji Tanabe, and Mario Camerini. Among people deceased in 1951, László Almásy ranks 92. Before him are Lippo Hertzka, Paula von Preradović, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Louis Lavelle, Fumiko Hayashi, and Henry Carton de Wiart. After him are István Friedrich, André Gobert, Charles Dillon Perrine, Ernesto Ambrosini, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, and Mohammad-Taqi Bahar.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, László Almásy ranks 621 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567), Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria (1868), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), Felix Mottl (1856), and Ottokar III of Styria (1129). After him are Karl Markovics (1963), Walter Mischel (1930), István Friedrich (1883), Herbert Prohaska (1955), Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria (1295), and Hilda Geiringer (1893).

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Among EXPLORERS In Austria

Among explorers born in Austria, László Almásy ranks 2. Before him are Friedrich Welwitsch (1806). After him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759), and Oscar Baumann (1864).

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