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Milan Rastislav Štefánik

1880 - 1919

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Milan Rastislav Štefánik (Slovak: [ˈmilan ˈrascislaw ˈʂcefaːɲik] ; 21 July 1880 – 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister of War for Czechoslovakia. As one of the leading members of the Czechoslovak National Council (the resistance government), he contributed decisively to the cause of Czechoslovak sovereignty, since the status of Czech- and Slovak-populated territories was one of those in question until shortly before the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1918. His personal motto was "To Believe, To Love, To Work" (Veriť, milovať, pracovať). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Milan Rastislav Štefánik is the 3,562nd most popular politician (down from 3,152nd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Slovak Politician.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovakian diplomat, physicist, and astronomer. He was most famous for being the first person to suggest that the Milky Way was a galaxy, and that there were other galaxies in the universe.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 3,562 out of 19,576. Before him are Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Emperor Kōgen, Antoinette de Bourbon, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Bettino Craxi, and Kevin McCarthy. After him are Tufuga Efi, Blanche I of Navarre, Abbas III, Mursili III, Mentuhotep I, and Seleucus III Ceraunus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 36. Before him are H. L. Mencken, Georg von Trapp, Alexander Blok, Vojtech Tuka, Ernest Bloch, and Kuniaki Koiso. After him are Elizabeth Christ Trump, Álvaro Obregón, Sarah Knauss, Giuseppe Moscati, Andrei Bely, and Akiba Rubinstein. Among people deceased in 1919, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 25. Before him are Yakov Sverdlov, Ismail Qemali, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, L. Frank Baum, Johannes Rydberg, and Loránd Eötvös. After him are Kurt Eisner, Edward Charles Pickering, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Leonid Andreyev, Sophia Tolstaya, and Habibullah Khan.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 23 out of 418. Before him are Maurice Benyovszky (1746), Vladimír Mečiar (1942), Ármin Vámbéry (1832), Jozef Gabčík (1912), Vojtech Tuka (1880), and Ernst von Dohnányi (1877). After him are Ľudovít Štúr (1815), Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734), Ján Zachara (1928), Pribina (800), Andrej Babiš (1954), and Edita Gruberová (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 14. Before him are Béla I of Hungary (1016), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Vladimír Mečiar (1942), and Vojtech Tuka (1880). After him are Pribina (800), Andrej Babiš (1954), Zuzana Čaputová (1973), Rudolf Schuster (1934), Andrej Hlinka (1864), and Milan Hodža (1878).

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