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Marian Spychalski

1906 - 1980

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Marian "Marek" Spychalski (pronounced [ˈmarjan spɨˈxalskʲi], 6 December 1906 – 7 June 1980) was a Polish architect in pre-war Poland, and later, military commander and a communist politician. During World War II he belonged to the Polish underground forces operating within Poland and was one of the leaders of the People's Guard, then People's Army. He held several key political posts during the PRL era, most notably; Chairman of the Council of State, mayor of Warsaw and Defence Minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marian Spychalski is the 278th most popular architect (up from 279th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Poland (up from 641st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Marian Spychalski ranks 278 out of 518. Before him are Pieter Post, Domenico Trezzini, Friedrich August Stüler, Charles Percier, Salomon de Bray, and Salomon de Brosse. After him are Josep Maria Jujol, Kengo Kuma, William Chambers, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Cedric Gibbons, and Bernardo Buontalenti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Marian Spychalski ranks 156. Before him are Alec Issigonis, William Joyce, Joan Hickson, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, and Raymond Sommer. After him are Endre Kabos, Samad Vurgun, Thomas S. Gates Jr., T. H. White, Bob King, and Jørgen Juve. Among people deceased in 1980, Marian Spychalski ranks 128. Before him are Justas Paleckis, Gastone Nencini, Rosa Albach-Retty, David Janssen, Farrokhroo Parsa, and Cecil Beaton. After him are Miguel Capuccini, George Borg Olivier, Richard Chase, John W. McCormack, Toshiko Yuasa, and Lucien Buysse.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marian Spychalski ranks 627 out of 1,694. Before him are Josef Tal (1910), Wolfgang Weber (1944), Max Abraham (1875), Józef Wybicki (1747), Adam Michnik (1946), and Helena Rakoczy (1921). After him are Ewa Kłobukowska (1946), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Lothar Bisky (1941), Władysław Podkowiński (1866), Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923), and Lazarus Fuchs (1833).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Poland

Among architects born in Poland, Marian Spychalski ranks 5. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn (1887), Daniel Libeskind (1946), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699). After him are Friedrich Gilly (1772), Wojciech Zabłocki (1930), Max Berg (1870), and Elizabeth Diller (1958).

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