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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 general who was a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus and a Radical Hussite and led the Taborites. Žižka was a successful military leader and is now a Czech national hero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Žižka has received more than 1,779,110 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Jan Žižka is the 89th most popular military personnel (down from 86th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 28th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 89 out of 1,468Before him are Hiroo Onoda, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Andrea Doria, Alexander Suvorov, Hattori Hanzō, and Tadeusz Kościuszko. After him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Subutai, Robert E. Lee, Albert Kesselring, John of Austria, and Desmond Doss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1360, Jan Žižka ranks 3Before him are Yongle Emperor and Andrei Rublev. After him are Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Philippa of Lancaster, Ulrich von Jungingen, Klaus Störtebeker, Cennino Cennini, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Joseph II of Constantinople, and Caterina Visconti. Among people deceased in 1424, Jan Žižka ranks 2Before him is Yongle Emperor. After him are Ernest, Duke of Austria, Margaret of Bavaria, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, and Emperor Go-Kameyama.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Žižka ranks 30 out of 973Before him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Zeman (1944), Edvard Beneš (1884), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Hans Kelsen (1881), and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850). After him are Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Leoš Janáček (1854), Adolf Loos (1870), Karl Kautsky (1854), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), and Klement Gottwald (1896).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Jan Žižka ranks 3Before him are Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583) and Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766). After him are Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Julius von Payer (1841), Otto Kittel (1917), Erhard Raus (1889), Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), and Alexander von Krobatin (1849).