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Václav Havel

1920 - 1979

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Václav Havel (Czech: [ˈvaːt͡slav ˈɦavɛl] ; 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays and memoirs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Václav Havel is the 1,842nd most popular athlete (down from 1,384th in 2024), the 773rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 733rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among Athletes

Among athletes, Václav Havel ranks 1,842 out of 6,025. Before him are Elemér Somfay, András Szente, Josiah McCracken, Calvin Smith, Vladimir Yashchenko, and Ernst Larsen. After him are Uwe Hohn, Claudia Testoni, Aldo Montano, Sabine Busch, Kalevi Hämäläinen, and Sven-Åke Lundbäck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Václav Havel ranks 399. Before him are Friedrich Waller, John Paul Stevens, Kenneth McAlpine, Zully Moreno, Adolph Dubs, and Luisa Cuesta. After him are Jack Rowley, Ella Raines, Arthur Wint, Lamberto Dalla Costa, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, and Man Mohan Adhikari. Among people deceased in 1979, Václav Havel ranks 262. Before him are Lev Arnshtam, Curtis Stevens, Blue Mitchell, Magnar Isaksen, Arthur Hunnicutt, and Elemér Somfay. After him are Erich Schmitt, Rolf Holmberg, Edward Akufo-Addo, Charles Coughlin, Ann Dvorak, and Mikhail Ogonkov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Václav Havel ranks 773 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Mrvík (1939), Jan Klapáč (1941), Dana Vávrová (1967), František Jakubec (1956), Marie Pujmanová (1893), and Jiří Procházka (1992). After him are Bohumil Modrý (1916), Jan Palouš (1888), Roman Šebrle (1974), Josef Augusta (1946), Jiří Pešek (1927), and Antonín Slavíček (1870).

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Among Athletes In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Václav Havel ranks 34. Before him are Jiří Lanský (1933), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), Miloslava Misáková (1922), Hugo Simon (1942), and Jan Mrvík (1939). After him are Bohumil Modrý (1916), Roman Šebrle (1974), Josef Augusta (1946), Barbora Špotáková (1981), Jan Peka (1894), and Vladimír Růžička (1963).

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