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Theodor Herzl

1860 - 1904

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Theodor Herzl (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Due to his Zionist work, he is known in Hebrew as Chozeh HaMedinah (חוֹזֵההַמְדִינָה), lit. 'Visionary of the State'. He is specifically mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence and is officially referred to as "the spiritual father of the Jewish State". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Herzl is the 117th most popular writer (down from 74th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Writer.

Theodor Herzl is most famous for being the founder of modern Zionism. He was also a journalist, playwright, and author.

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Among writers, Theodor Herzl ranks 117 out of 7,302. Before him are Marquis de Sade, José Saramago, Václav Havel, Anatole France, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and André Gide. After him are Hafez, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ismail I, Mario Vargas Llosa, Federico García Lorca, and Muhammad Iqbal.

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Among people born in 1860, Theodor Herzl ranks 5. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Anton Chekhov, Alphonse Mucha, and Klara Hitler. After him are Eduard Buchner, Raymond Poincaré, Willem Einthoven, Isaac Albéniz, William Jennings Bryan, Niels Ryberg Finsen, and Kanō Jigorō. Among people deceased in 1904, Theodor Herzl ranks 3. Before him are Anton Chekhov, and Antonín Dvořák. After him are Jamsetji Tata, Murad V, Isabella II of Spain, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Friedrich Ratzel, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henry Morton Stanley, and Eadweard Muybridge.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Theodor Herzl ranks 5 out of 1,077. Before him are Ferenc Puskás (1927), Martin of Tours (316), George Soros (1930), and Gaiseric (389). After him are Elizabeth Báthory (1560), Louis II of Hungary (1506), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Stephen I of Hungary (975), John von Neumann (1903), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), and Matthias Corvinus (1443).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Theodor Herzl ranks 1. After him are Imre Kertész (1929), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Márai (1900), Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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