SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Stjepan Filipović

1916 - 1942

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Stjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a Yugoslav communist who led the Kolubara Company of the Valjevo Partisan Detachment during the 1941 Partisan uprising. He was captured and executed in 1942 in Valjevo. A photo of him taken shortly before his execution became a symbol of resistance against fascism in the Second World War, and was, among others, exhibited in the United Nations building in New York. He was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stjepan Filipović is the 221st most popular social activist (up from 244th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Stjepan Filipović ranks 221 out of 840. Before him are Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Huda Sha'arawi, Fred Phelps, Kittur Chennamma, Czesława Kwoka, and Christoph Probst. After him are Ludolf von Alvensleben, Martin Luther King Sr., Lepa Radić, Dmitry Muratov, Christabel Pankhurst, and Campaspe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Stjepan Filipović ranks 81. Before him are Sterling Hayden, Luigi Comencini, Jack Vance, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Pierre Messmer, and Pietro Rava. After him are Archie Moore, Archduke Felix of Austria, Manea Mănescu, Shirley Jackson, Ri Jong-ok, and Ray Conniff. Among people deceased in 1942, Stjepan Filipović ranks 68. Before him are Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Avraham Stern, Germaine Dulac, Mikhail Nesterov, Yosano Akiko, and Augustinas Voldemaras. After him are Heinz Hitler, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, John Barrymore, Georg Alexander Pick, Wilbur Scoville, and Karel Doorman.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Stjepan Filipović ranks 84 out of 700. Before him are Ante Starčević (1823), Mira Furlan (1955), Franz von Bayros (1866), Francesco Laurana (1430), Giorgio da Sebenico (1410), and Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895). After him are Nikola Pilić (1939), Ilija Petković (1945), Milan Martić (1954), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Roberto Ferruzzi (1853), and Arsen Dedić (1938).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Croatia

Among social activists born in Croatia, Stjepan Filipović ranks 1. After him are David Frankfurter (1909).

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