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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

1850 - 1937

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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 1850 – 14 September 1937) was a Czechoslovak statesman, political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. He is regarded as the founding father of Czechoslovakia. Born in Hodonín, Moravia (then part of the Austrian Empire), Masaryk obtained a doctorate at the University of Vienna and was a professor of philosophy at the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University. He began his political career as a deputy of the Austrian Reichsrat, serving from 1891 to 1893 and from 1907 to 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk is the 761st most popular politician (down from 599th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Politician.

Tomáš garrigue masaryk was a Czechoslovak politician who helped found the Czechoslovakian state. He was the first president of Czechoslovakia.

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Among politicians, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ranks 761 out of 19,576. Before him are Leonid Kuchma, Khosrow I, Anna of Russia, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Leo III the Isaurian, and Kim Jong-un. After him are James Madison, Philip the Arab, John IV Laskaris, Philip V of France, Michael V Kalaphates, and Árpád.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ranks 6. Before him are Jack the Ripper, Guy de Maupassant, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Karl Ferdinand Braun. After him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Edward Smith, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. Among people deceased in 1937, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ranks 11. Before him are John D. Rockefeller, Alfred Adler, Antonio Gramsci, H. P. Lovecraft, Amelia Earhart, and Erich Ludendorff. After him are Lou Andreas-Salomé, George Gershwin, Gustaf Dalén, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and Yevgeny Zamyatin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ranks 27 out of 1,200. Before him are John of Nepomuk (1350), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Forman (1932), and Ernst Mach (1838). After him are Edvard Beneš (1884), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), and Leoš Janáček (1854).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ranks 2. Before him are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316). After him are Edvard Beneš (1884), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Václav Klaus (1941), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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