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John III Sobieski

1629 - 1696

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John III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski (Polish pronunciation: [jˈan ˈiji sɔbʲˈɛskʲi]); Lithuanian: Jonas III Sobieskis (Lithuanian pronunciation: [joː'näs so'bʲɛs'ki]); Latin: Ioannes III Sobiscius (Latin pronunciation: [joˈannʊs sobˈiʃʊs]) 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Europe in his youth. As a soldier and later commander, he fought in the Khmelnytsky Uprising, the Russo-Polish War and during the Swedish invasion known as the Deluge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John III Sobieski has received more than 1,679,179 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). John III Sobieski is the 367th most popular politician (up from 420th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 9th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

John III Sobieski is most famous for leading the Polish army to victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John III Sobieski ranks 367 out of 15,577Before him are Gerald Ford, Chagatai Khan, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Władysław II Jagiełło, Eva Perón, and Henry VI of England. After him are Charles IX of France, Dido, Abdulmejid I, Zenobia, Galba, and Alaric I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1629, John III Sobieski ranks 2Before him is Christiaan Huygens. After him are Alexis of Russia, Pieter de Hooch, Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Gabriël Metsu, John of Austria the Younger, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Narai, Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, and Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat. Among people deceased in 1696, John III Sobieski ranks 1After him are Ivan V of Russia, Mariana of Austria, Empress Meishō, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Jean de La Bruyère, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Murad Giray, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, and Shi Lang.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, John III Sobieski ranks 12 out of 1,083Before him are Viktor Yanukovych (1950), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Stepan Bandera (1909), Ilya Repin (1844), Golda Meir (1898), and Kazimir Malevich (1879). After him are Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Joseph Conrad (1857), Helena Blavatsky (1831), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595), Svetlana Alexievich (1948), and Taras Shevchenko (1814).

Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, John III Sobieski ranks 8Before him are Leon Trotsky (1879), Leonid Brezhnev (1906), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Stepan Bandera (1909), and Golda Meir (1898). After him are Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), and Grigory Zinoviev (1883).