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Ľudovít Štúr

1815 - 1856

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Ľudovít Štúr (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʎudɔʋiːt ˈʃtuːr]; 28 October 1815 – 12 January 1856), also known as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr, was a Slovak revolutionary, politician, and writer. As a leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century and the codifier of standard Slovak, he is lauded as one of the most important figures in Slovak history. Štúr was an organizer of the Slovak volunteer campaigns during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He was also a politician, poet, journalist, publisher, teacher, philosopher, linguist, and member of the Hungarian Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ľudovít Štúr is the 927th most popular writer (up from 1,034th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 27th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Writer.

Ľudovít Štúr is most famous for being a Slovak patriot and reformer who created the Slovak language and wrote the first codified grammar. He also led the Slovak National Council and was a member of the Slovak Diet.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ľudovít Štúr ranks 927 out of 7,302. Before him are Artemidorus, John Jacob Astor IV, Kurt Eisner, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Emanuel Schikaneder, and Aristophanes of Byzantium. After him are Marie d'Agoult, Hans Sachs, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Katherine Mansfield, Johann Kaspar Lavater, and Aelius Donatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ľudovít Štúr ranks 13. Before him are Karl Weierstrass, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Thomas Couture, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Ildefons Cerdà. After him are Julia Margaret Cameron, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Lorenz von Stein, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Ernest Meissonier, and Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha. Among people deceased in 1856, Ľudovít Štúr ranks 11. Before him are Nikolai Lobachevsky, Adolphe Adam, Paul Delaroche, John Ross, Ivan Paskevich, and Étienne Cabet. After him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Wilhelm von Biela, Théodore Chassériau, and Manuela Sáenz.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ľudovít Štúr ranks 24 out of 418. Before him are Vladimír Mečiar (1942), Ármin Vámbéry (1832), Jozef Gabčík (1912), Vojtech Tuka (1880), Ernst von Dohnányi (1877), and Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880). After him are Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734), Ján Zachara (1928), Pribina (800), Andrej Babiš (1954), Edita Gruberová (1946), and Ivan Reitman (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Ľudovít Štúr ranks 3. Before him are Tibor Sekelj (1912), and Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795). After him are Bálint Balassi (1554), Vladimír Clementis (1902), Imre Madách (1823), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Alexander Dukhnovych (1803), Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), Janko Matúška (1821), and Samo Chalupka (1812).

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