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Johan Laidoner

1884 - 1953

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Johan Laidoner (12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1884 – 13 March 1953) was an Estonian general and statesman. He served as Commander‑in‑Chief of the Estonian Armed Forces during the 1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence and was among the most influential people in the Estonian politics between the world wars. Born in Viiratsi, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Laidoner joined the Imperial Russian Army in 1901 and fought in World War I. Following the Russian Revolution in 1917, he commanded the Estonian national units of the Russian army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Laidoner has received more than 138,725 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Johan Laidoner is the 618th most popular military personnel (up from 664th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 31st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Johan Laidoner ranks 618 out of 2,058. Before him are Oda Nobuhide, Huang Gai, Christian de Castries, Lauri Törni, Mikhail Skobelev, and Alexander von Falkenhausen. After him are Hubert Lyautey, Wolfgang Lüth, Takeichi Nishi, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Heinz Reinefarth, and Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Johan Laidoner ranks 52. Before him are Empress Teimei, Hugo Schmeisser, Princess Helen of Serbia, Louis B. Mayer, Béla Balázs, and Halide Edib Adıvar. After him are Gustave Garrigou, Robert J. Flaherty, Clark L. Hull, Henri Cornet, Georges Duhamel, and Drastamat Kanayan. Among people deceased in 1953, Johan Laidoner ranks 41. Before him are Nobuyuki Abe, Vera Mukhina, Ludwig Prandtl, Hugo Schmeisser, Mary Anderson, and Jean Epstein. After him are Alice Prin, Elsa Beskow, Hank Williams, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Noe Zhordania, and Nobutake Kondō.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Johan Laidoner ranks 30 out of 351. Before him are Jakob von Uexküll (1864), Ernst Öpik (1893), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Jaan Kross (1920), and Otto von Kotzebue (1787). After him are Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Michael Sittow (1459), Lydia Koidula (1843), Neeme Järvi (1937), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), and Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Estonia

Among military personnels born in Estonia, Johan Laidoner ranks 3. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), and Otto von Kotzebue (1787). After him are Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), August Kork (1887), Alfons Rebane (1908), and Arnold Meri (1919).

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