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Władysław Sikorski

1881 - 1943

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Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɕiˈkɔrskʲi] ; 20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polish independence. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during World War I, and later in the newly created Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921. In the latter war, he played a prominent role in the decisive 1920 Battle of Warsaw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław Sikorski is the 227th most popular military personnel (up from 238th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Poland (up from 119th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Władysław Sikorski was a Polish military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile from 1939 to 1943. He was also the commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Władysław Sikorski ranks 227 out of 2,058. Before him are Parmenion, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Rudolf Abel, Maurice Gamelin, Aleksei Brusilov, and Pierre Augereau. After him are Lavr Kornilov, Alfred von Tirpitz, Sun Ce, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, and Erich Hoepner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Władysław Sikorski ranks 36. Before him are Alcide De Gasperi, Ettore Bugatti, L. E. J. Brouwer, Walter Rudolf Hess, Georg von Küchler, and Juan Ramón Jiménez. After him are George Enescu, Maximilian von Weichs, King Oliver, François Darlan, Natalia Goncharova, and Theodore von Kármán. Among people deceased in 1943, Władysław Sikorski ranks 20. Before him are Theodor Eicke, Sophie Scholl, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Chaim Soutine, Alexandre Millerand, and Beatrix Potter. After him are Nikolai Vavilov, Alexandre Yersin, Maurice Denis, Max Wertheimer, Max Reinhardt, and Julius Fučík.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław Sikorski ranks 117 out of 1,694. Before him are Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Ulrich Beck (1944), Karl Hanke (1903), Hanna Reitsch (1912), and Casimir Funk (1884). After him are Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Pola Negri (1897), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), and Fred Zinnemann (1907).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Władysław Sikorski ranks 11. Before him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), and Anton Denikin (1872). After him are Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Rochus Misch (1917), and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889).

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