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Wojciech Korfanty

1873 - 1939

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Wojciech Korfanty (IPA: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx kɔrˈfantɨ]; born Adalbert Korfanty; 20 April 1873 – 17 August 1939) was a Polish activist, journalist and politician, who served as a member of the German parliaments, the Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, and later, in the Polish Sejm. Briefly, he also was a paramilitary leader, known for organizing the Polish Silesian Uprisings in Upper Silesia, which after World War I was contested by Germany and Poland. Korfanty fought to protect Poles from discrimination and the policies of Germanisation in Upper Silesia before the war and sought to join Silesia to Poland after Poland regained its independence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wojciech Korfanty is the 13,170th most popular politician (down from 12,670th in 2019), the 844th most popular biography from Poland (down from 813th in 2019) and the 196th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wojciech Korfanty ranks 13,170 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Chervyakov, Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant, Brihadratha Maurya, Ichirō Ozawa, Andrei Zhelyabov, and Guilhermina Suggia. After him are Ahmed Laraki, William Camden, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Francesco Contarini, and Apisai Ielemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Wojciech Korfanty ranks 125. Before him are Michele Besso, Richard von Kühlmann, Hamida Javanshir, Constance Titus, Mikhail Prishvin, and Barnum Brown. After him are Maurice Verdonck, Antonín Švehla, Pyotr Chardynin, Charles Avery, Antun Gustav Matoš, and Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck. Among people deceased in 1939, Wojciech Korfanty ranks 108. Before him are Władysław Raginis, Patriarch Miron of Romania, August Enna, Madeleine Pelletier, Enrique Fernández Arbós, and Henri Jaspar. After him are Otto Siffling, Aleksander Brückner, Eulalio Gutiérrez, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Polina Osipenko, and Olav Duun.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wojciech Korfanty ranks 844 out of 1,694. Before him are Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Mykhailo Verbytskyi (1815), Willy Fritsch (1901), Małgorzata Braunek (1947), Erich Abraham (1895), and Zofia Nałkowska (1884). After him are Albert Chmielowski (1846), Marek Belka (1952), Wojciech Bogusławski (1757), Ottomar Anschütz (1846), Nikifor (1895), and Alfred Kerr (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Wojciech Korfanty ranks 196. Before him are Gerda Steinhoff (1922), Danuta Siedzikówna (1928), Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), Józef Oleksy (1946), Frederick II of Legnica (1480), and Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1778). After him are Marek Belka (1952), Heinrich von Stephan (1831), Aleksander Skrzyński (1882), Paweł Adamowicz (1965), Jan Klemens Branicki (1689), and Kazimierz Sosnkowski (1885).

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