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Stefan Rowecki

1895 - 1944

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Stefan Paweł Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, "Spearhead", hence the alternate name, Stefan Grot-Rowecki; 25 December 1895 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. He was murdered by the Gestapo in prison on the personal order of Heinrich Himmler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefan Rowecki is the 1,362nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,370th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 701st in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Stefan Rowecki ranks 1,362 out of 2,058Before him are Shigeyoshi Inoue, William Calley, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Magnia Urbica, Gonzalo Guerrero, and Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg. After him are Albert Sidney Johnston, Nicanor, Oskar Kummetz, Sergei Shtemenko, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, and José Enrique Varela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Stefan Rowecki ranks 150Before him are Trifko Grabež, Tomoji Tanabe, Mario Camerini, Neco, William Tubman, and Gustav von Wangenheim. After him are Agop Dilâçar, Maksym Rylsky, Roza Eskenazi, Hari Singh, Bill W., and Paul Gorguloff. Among people deceased in 1944, Stefan Rowecki ranks 187Before him are Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Leone Ginzburg, Itzhak Katzenelson, Félix Éboué, Lubor Niederle, and Hendrikus Colijn. After him are Liviu Rebreanu, Alexandre Villaplane, Divna Veković, Mehdi Huseynzade, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Georges Mandel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stefan Rowecki ranks 703 out of 1,694Before him are Friedrich Gilly (1772), Matthias Habich (1940), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Czesław Kiszczak (1925), Ernst Wiechert (1887), and Zenon Grocholewski (1939). After him are Marek Janowski (1939), August Zaleski (1883), Rutka Laskier (1929), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Oskar Kummetz (1891), and Helena Modjeska (1840).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Stefan Rowecki ranks 63Before him are Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885), Leopold Okulicki (1898), Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922), Hermann Boehm (1884), Remus von Woyrsch (1847), and Friedrich Schulz (1897). After him are Oskar Kummetz (1891), Günther Pancke (1899), Kurt Feldt (1897), Alfred Saalwächter (1883), Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667), and Ryszard Kukliński (1930).