COMPANION

Jan Zajíc

1950 - 1969

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Jan Zajíc (died 25 February 1969) was a Czech student who killed himself by self-immolation as a political protest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Zajíc has received more than 127,368 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jan Zajíc is the 658th most popular companion (down from 616th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 341st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Companion.

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  • 130k

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  • 52.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Jan Zajíc ranks 658 out of 784. Before him are Leila Pahlavi, Eusebia, Placidia, Marcia Otacilia Severa, Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Edith Tolkien, Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile, Felicia of Roucy, Douce I, Countess of Provence, Auguste von Harrach, and Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jan Zajíc ranks 191. Before him are Michio Ashikaga, Anne Carson, Roland Matthes, Daria Nicolodi, Ángel María Villar, and Assef Shawkat. After him are Yuki Fushimi, Yuen Wah, Edgar Savisaar, Boris Gryzlov, Derek de Lint, and Carl Palmer. Among people deceased in 1969, Jan Zajíc ranks 110. Before him are Maureen Connolly, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Josef Beran, Angelina Beloff, Ben Shahn, and Abdirashid Shermarke. After him are Iskander Mirza, José María Arguedas, Gerhard Mitter, Madhubala, Serge Poliakoff, and Leopold von Wiese.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Zajíc ranks 382 out of 1,200. Before him are Georg Flegel (1566), Vlastimil Hort (1944), Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794), Alfred Neubauer (1891), and Aleš Hrdlička (1869). After him are Saul Friedländer (1932), Theodor Gomperz (1832), Ladislav Novák (1931), Václav Nedomanský (1944), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), and Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849).

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Among COMPANIONS In Czechia

Among companions born in Czechia, Jan Zajíc ranks 8. Before him are Anne of Bohemia (1366), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Blanche of Valois (1316), Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (1335), Catherine of Poděbrady (1449), and Anne of Bavaria (1329).

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