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Omar Pasha

1806 - 1871

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Omer Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha Latas (Turkish: Ömer Lütfi Paşa, Serbian: Омер-паша Латас, romanized: Omer-paša Latas; 24 September 1806 – 18 April 1871) was an Ottoman field marshal and governor. Born in the Austrian Empire to Serbian Orthodox Christian parents, he initially served as an Austrian soldier. When faced with charges of embezzlement, he fled to Ottoman Bosnia in 1823 and converted to Islam; he then joined the Ottoman army, where he quickly rose through the ranks. Latas crushed several rebellions all across the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Omar Pasha is the 382nd most popular military personnel (down from 358th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Military Personnel.

Omar Pasha was a military commander in the Ottoman Empire and is most famous for his campaigns against the Russian Empire.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Omar Pasha ranks 382 out of 2,058. Before him are Kurt Knispel, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Albert Pike, Baiju, Okita Sōji, and Maximilian von Spee. After him are Henri Giraud, Iwane Matsui, Andrei Grechko, Prokop the Great, Alexander Samsonov, and Henry Maitland Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Omar Pasha ranks 12. Before him are Emilia Plater, Catherine Labouré, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Charles Gleyre. After him are William Webb Ellis, Duchenne de Boulogne, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. Among people deceased in 1871, Omar Pasha ranks 9. Before him are Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Daniel Auber, Augustus De Morgan, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Michael Thonet, and Louise of the Netherlands. After him are Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Anna Atkins, Sigismond Thalberg, Robert Anderson, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, and Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Omar Pasha ranks 36 out of 700. Before him are Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Sylva Koscina (1933), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), Franciscus Patricius (1529), and Ivan Ribar (1881). After him are Margaret of Hungary (1242), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Marko Marulić (1450), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Veljko Kadijević (1925), and Dubravka Ugrešić (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Croatia

Among military personnels born in Croatia, Omar Pasha ranks 4. Before him are Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), Svetozar Boroević (1856), and Georg von Trapp (1880). After him are Ante Gotovina (1955), Viktor Pavičić (1898), Momčilo Đujić (1907), Janko Bobetko (1919), Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Mile Mrkšić (1947), Jure Francetić (1912), and Stjepan Sarkotić (1858).

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