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Johan Pitka

1872 - 1944

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Johan Pitka, VR I/1, (also Juhan Pitka; 19 February 1872 – 22 November 1944) was an Estonian entrepreneur, sea captain and a rear admiral (1919). He was the Commander of the Estonian Navy in the Estonian War of Independence. Johan Pitka was one of the main characters in organizing the Defence Forces of the newly established Estonian Republic in November 1918, at the end of World War I, when the German occupational forces started to move out of Estonia, and there was a threat of the invasion of the newly established Red Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Pitka has received more than 69,236 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Pitka is the 12,739th most popular politician (down from 11,836th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Estonia (down from 97th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Estonian Politician.

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Over the past year Johan Pitka has had the most page views in the with 14,476 views, followed by English (10,200), and Russian (4,541). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (86.98%), Czech (54.69%), and French (28.73%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johan Pitka ranks 12,739 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonio Nariño, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Andronikos Komnenos, Gheorghe Apostol, Ahmed al-Mirghani, and Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth. After him are Udo Voigt, Mariano Melgarejo, Nils Torvalds, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, and Martin Mutschmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Johan Pitka ranks 120. Before him are Teffi, Albert Tyler, Paul Fort, Arthur Blake, Elia Dalla Costa, and Selma Rıza. After him are Nikola Mushanov, Lorenzo Perosi, Karin Michaëlis, Heber Doust Curtis, Siegmund von Hausegger, and Paul-Émile Janson. Among people deceased in 1944, Johan Pitka ranks 223. Before him are Erich Marcks, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Tokutaro Ukon, Maurice Paléologue, and Arthur Blake. After him are Ker-Xavier Roussel, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Nikolai Roslavets, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Dénes Berinkey, and Harry Langdon.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Johan Pitka ranks 103 out of 351. Before him are Jaan Poska (1866), Ants Antson (1938), Ants Piip (1884), Ene Ergma (1944), Valeri Karpin (1969), and Artur Kapp (1878). After him are August Rei (1886), Betti Alver (1906), Eduard Pütsep (1898), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Otto Tief (1889), and Eno Raud (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Johan Pitka ranks 40. Before him are Tiit Vähi (1947), Otto Strandman (1875), Jaan Poska (1866), Ants Antson (1938), Ants Piip (1884), and Ene Ergma (1944). After him are August Rei (1886), Otto Tief (1889), Mart Siimann (1946), Johannes Käbin (1905), Juhan Kukk (1885), and Pavel Schilling (1786).

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