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Jonas Basanavičius

1851 - 1927

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Jonas Basanavičius (, Polish: Jan Basanowicz; 23 November 1851 – 16 February 1927) was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival. He participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often given the informal honorific title of the "Patriarch of the Nation" (Lithuanian: tautos patriarchas) for his contributions. Born to a family of farmers, Basanavičius was to become a priest but instead chose to study medicine at the Moscow Medical Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonas Basanavičius has received more than 115,243 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jonas Basanavičius is the 7,852nd most popular politician (up from 8,168th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 56th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 7,852 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Yakovlev, Damat Ferid Pasha, Evgeny Pashukanis, Lord William Bentinck, Leopold Figl, and Rostislav I of Kiev. After him are Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Xu Shichang, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Ismail Khan, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, and Henry Beaufort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 38. Before him are Doc Holliday, Charles Dow, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Angelo Moriondo, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, and Jacobus Kapteyn. After him are Franz von Liszt, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Luis Ricardo Falero, Alois Jirásek, and Charles Joseph Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1927, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 50. Before him are Stanisław Przybyszewski, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, Ahad Ha'am, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, and Fyodor Sologub. After him are Wilhelm Stenhammar, Fritz Hofmann, Lizzie Borden, Ottavio Bottecchia, Vasily Polenov, and Hermann Abert.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 52 out of 328. Before him are Leo Jogiches (1867), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Birutė (1317), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), and Leopold Godowsky (1870). After him are Uljana Semjonova (1952), Elazar Shach (1898), Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), and Simon Dach (1605).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 24. Before him are Treniota (1210), Boris Skossyreff (1896), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Leo Jogiches (1867), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), and Birutė (1317). After him are Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Aharon Barak (1936), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Antanas Merkys (1887), Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), and Ingrida Šimonytė (1974).

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