1874 - 1944
Antanas Smetona (Lithuanian: [ɐnˈtaːnɐs sʲmʲɛtoːˈnɐ] (listen); 10 August 1874 – 9 January 1944) was a Lithuanian intellectual and journalist and the first President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1926 to 1940, before its occupation by the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antanas Smetona has received more than 255,680 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Antanas Smetona is the 2,603rd most popular politician (up from 2,650th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 21st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Lithuanian Politician.
Antanas Smetona was a Lithuanian politician who served as the President of Lithuania from 1926 to 1940. He is most famous for his efforts to establish an independent Lithuanian state.
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Among politicians, Antanas Smetona ranks 2,603 out of 15,710. Before him are Lin Zexu, Gaston Doumergue, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Mircea I of Wallachia, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, and Ali al-Sistani. After him are Edith Frank, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Maria Christina of Austria, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir.
1785 - 1850
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 2,597
1863 - 1937
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 2,598
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,599
1355 - 1418
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,600
1305 - 1335
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,601
1930 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,602
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,603
1900 - 1945
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,604
1783 - 1801
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 2,605
1847 - 1909
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 2,606
1858 - 1929
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 2,607
1923 - 2001
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 2,608
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 2,609
Among people born in 1874, Antanas Smetona ranks 31. Before him are Ernest Shackleton, Karl Kraus, Gustav Holst, Konstantin Päts, Inessa Armand, and August Krogh. After him are Reinhold Glière, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Abbas II of Egypt, Auguste Perret, Josef Suk, and Charles Ives. Among people deceased in 1944, Antanas Smetona ranks 43. Before him are Giovanni Gentile, Bertha Benz, Max Jacob, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Gustav Bauer, and Werner von Haeften. After him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Kasturba Gandhi, Abbas II of Egypt, Friedrich Dollmann, and Hans-Valentin Hube.
1874 - 1922
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 25
1874 - 1936
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 26
1874 - 1934
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 27
1874 - 1956
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 28
1874 - 1920
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 29
1874 - 1949
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 30
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 31
1874 - 1956
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 32
1874 - 1940
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 33
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 34
1874 - 1954
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 35
1874 - 1935
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 36
1874 - 1954
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 37
1875 - 1944
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 37
1849 - 1944
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 38
1876 - 1944
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 39
1863 - 1944
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 40
1870 - 1944
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 41
1908 - 1944
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 42
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 43
1886 - 1944
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 44
1861 - 1944
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 45
1869 - 1944
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 46
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 47
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 48
1890 - 1944
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 49
Among people born in Lithuania, Antanas Smetona ranks 20 out of 235. Before him are Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Jascha Heifetz (1901), Kęstutis (1297), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), and Barbara Radziwiłł (1520). After him are Valdas Adamkus (1926), Marija Gimbutas (1921), Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), and Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799).
1878 - 1928
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 14
1901 - 1987
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 15
1297 - 1382
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 16
1875 - 1911
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 17
1904 - 1936
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 18
1520 - 1551
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 19
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 20
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 21
1921 - 1994
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 22
1806 - 1831
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 23
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 24
1932 - 2010
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 25
1799 - 1875
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 26
Among politicians born in Lithuania, Antanas Smetona ranks 8. Before him are Józef Piłsudski (1867), Vytautas (1352), Mindaugas (1203), Gediminas (1275), Algirdas (1296), and Kęstutis (1297). After him are Valdas Adamkus (1926), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1365), and Leo Jogiches (1867).
1867 - 1935
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 2
1352 - 1430
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 3
1203 - 1263
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 4
1275 - 1341
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 5
1296 - 1377
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 6
1297 - 1382
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 7
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 8
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 10
1932 - 2010
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 12
1365 - 1440
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 13
1867 - 1919
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 14