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Jacek Kuroń

1934 - 2004

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Jacek Jan Kuroń (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjat͡sɛk ˈjan ˈkurɔɲ]; 3 March 1934 – 17 June 2004) was one of the democratic leaders of opposition in the People's Republic of Poland. He was widely known as the "godfather of the Polish opposition," not unlike Václav Havel in Czechoslovakia. Kuroń was a prominent Polish social and political figure known for his efforts at reforming societies under the control of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacek Kuroń has received more than 104,521 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jacek Kuroń is the 12,851st most popular politician (down from 12,746th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 158th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacek Kuroń ranks 12,851 out of 19,576. Before him are Balaji Baji Rao, Teutberga, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Stephen Allen Benson, and Emmanouil Tsouderos. After him are Ayub Khan, Robert, Count of Mortain, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Ljubomir Davidović, and Carl Theodor Zahle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jacek Kuroń ranks 274. Before him are Nicholas Liverpool, Billy Paul, Tom Baker, Paul Naschy, Gulzar, and Jean Marsh. After him are Robin Milner, Tengiz Sigua, Eva-Maria Hagen, Alois Mock, Michael Artin, and Miroslav Ondříček. Among people deceased in 2004, Jacek Kuroń ranks 170. Before him are Carvalho Leite, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Torsten Hägerstrand, Gennadi Strekalov, Tony Randall, and Agnes Martin. After him are Angus Ogilvy, Joan Aiken, Ljubiša Spajić, Virginia Grey, Bror Mellberg, and Rodney Dangerfield.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jacek Kuroń ranks 606 out of 1,365. Before him are Aleksei Kruchyonykh (1886), Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (1958), Karl Doppler (1825), Vladimir Veksler (1907), Polina Gelman (1919), and Abraham Lempel (1936). After him are Nathan Altman (1889), Aleksander Ford (1908), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979), Anatoliy Demyanenko (1959), Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938), and František Kriegel (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Jacek Kuroń ranks 158. Before him are Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), Dmytro Kuleba (1981), Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865), Ivan Dziuba (1931), Vladimir Semichastny (1924), and Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (1958). After him are František Kriegel (1908), Walery Sławek (1879), Nikolay Girs (1820), Ruslan Khomchak (1967), Alexander Zakharchenko (1976), and Alexander Bezborodko (1747).

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