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Antonín Novotný

1904 - 1975

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Antonín Josef Novotný (Czech pronunciation: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈnovotniː]; 10 December 1904 – 28 January 1975) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968, and as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonín Novotný has received more than 244,256 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Antonín Novotný is the 2,495th most popular politician (up from 2,757th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 89th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Czech Politician.

Antonín Novotný was the President of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975. He was most famous for his efforts to reform the economy and make it more efficient.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antonín Novotný ranks 2,495 out of 19,576Before him are Emperor Kōshō, Werner von Haeften, B. J. Habibie, Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Otto Grotewohl, and Porus. After him are Serzh Sargsyan, Sancho II of Castile and León, Necmettin Erbakan, Huayna Capac, Pharnavaz I of Iberia, and Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Antonín Novotný ranks 31Before him are Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Luis Carrero Blanco, Witold Gombrowicz, John Hicks, and Werner Forssmann. After him are Dmitry Kabalevsky, Gregory Bateson, Ernst Mayr, Hans Morgenthau, Wendell Meredith Stanley, and George F. Kennan. Among people deceased in 1975, Antonín Novotný ranks 22Before him are Saint-John Perse, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, George Paget Thomson, Josemaría Escrivá, Robert Robinson, and Gustav Ludwig Hertz. After him are Graham Hill, Jimmy Hoffa, Eisaku Satō, Paul Keres, Latife Uşşaki, and Éamon de Valera.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Antonín Novotný ranks 85 out of 1,200Before him are Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Věra Čáslavská (1942), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), and Maria Christina of Austria (1858). After him are Victor Lustig (1890), Julius Fučík (1903), Jiří Menzel (1938), Petr Pavel (1961), Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), and Kurt Knispel (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Antonín Novotný ranks 22Before him are Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Karel Schwarzenberg (1937), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), and Maria Christina of Austria (1858). After him are Victor Lustig (1890), Petr Pavel (1961), Henry of Bohemia (1265), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), and Konrad Henlein (1898).