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John Hunyadi

1407 - 1456

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John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János; Romanian: Ioan de Hunedoara; Croatian: Janko Hunjadi; Serbian: Сибињанин Јанко, romanized: Sibinjanin Janko; c. 1406 – 11 August 1456) was a leading Hungarian military and political figure in Central and Southeastern Europe during the 15th century. According to most contemporary sources, he was the member of a noble family of Wallachian ancestry. He mastered his military skills on the southern borderlands of the Kingdom of Hungary that were exposed to Ottoman attacks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hunyadi has received more than 1,319,047 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). John Hunyadi is the 529th most popular politician (up from 536th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Romania (up from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Politician.

John Hunyadi is most famous for defending Hungary from the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hunyadi ranks 529 out of 15,577Before him are Æthelstan, Charles the Fat, William IV of the United Kingdom, Lavrentiy Beria, Frederick I of Prussia, and Louis the German. After him are Alexander IV of Macedon, Sonia Gandhi, Sergio Mattarella, Anthony Eden, Theodosius II, and Rehoboam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1407, John Hunyadi ranks 1After him are Lorenzo Valla, Esen Taishi, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Demetrios Palaiologos, Bartolomeo Bon, and Ashikaga Yoshikazu. Among people deceased in 1456, John Hunyadi ranks 1After him are John of Capistrano, Đurađ Branković, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Jacques Cœur, Lawrence Justinian, and Juan de Mena.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, John Hunyadi ranks 6 out of 665Before him are Vlad the Impaler (1431), Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Béla Bartók (1881), Alaric I (376), and Eugène Ionesco (1909). After him are Stephen Báthory (1533), Emil Cioran (1911), Tristan Tzara (1896), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Michael I of Romania (1921), and Ion Antonescu (1882).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, John Hunyadi ranks 3Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918) and Alaric I (376). After him are Stephen Báthory (1533), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Michael I of Romania (1921), Ion Antonescu (1882), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Carol II of Romania (1893), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Béla Kun (1886), and Stephen III of Moldavia (1433).