MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jan Žižka

1360 - 1424

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Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (English: John Zizka of Trocnov and the Chalice; c. 1360 – 11 October 1424) was a Czech military leader, a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus, and a prominent Radical Hussite who led the Taborite faction during the Hussite Wars. Renowned for his exceptional military skill, Žižka is celebrated as a Czech national hero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Žižka has received more than 1,960,532 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jan Žižka is the 27th most popular military personnel (up from 89th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Military Personnel.

Jan Žižka was a Czech military commander during the Hussite Wars. He is most famous for leading the Hussite army to victory in the Battle of Lipany in 1434.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jan Žižka ranks 27 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich von Manstein, Cao Cao, Friedrich Paulus, Arminius, Heinz Guderian, and Cesare Borgia. After him are Wilhelm Keitel, Guan Yu, Vercingetorix, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Eugène de Beauharnais, and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1360, Jan Žižka ranks 1. After him are Yongle Emperor, Andrei Rublev, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Philippa of Lancaster, Ulrich von Jungingen, Cennino Cennini, Klaus Störtebeker, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Joseph II of Constantinople, and Dorotea Bucca. Among people deceased in 1424, Jan Žižka ranks 1. After him are Yongle Emperor, Ernest, Duke of Austria, Emperor Go-Kameyama, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, and Margaret of Bavaria.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Žižka ranks 15 out of 1,200. Before him are Václav Havel (1936), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Oskar Schindler (1908), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), and Edmund Husserl (1859). After him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), John of Nepomuk (1350), Karel Čapek (1890), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), and Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Jan Žižka ranks 1. After him are Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Otto Kittel (1917), Julius von Payer (1841), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Ferenc Wesselényi (1605), and Moritz von Auffenberg (1852).

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