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Karađorđe

1768 - 1817

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Đorđe Petrović (pronounced [dʑôːrdʑe pětroʋitɕ]; Serbian: Ђорђе Петровић; 14 November [O.S. 3 November] 1768 – 25 July [O.S. 13 July] 1817), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (pronounced [kâradʑoːrdʑe]; Serbian: Карађорђе, lit. 'Black George'), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813. Born into an impoverished family in the Šumadija region of Ottoman Serbia, Karađorđe distinguished himself during the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 as a member of the Serbian Free Corps, a militia of Habsburg and Ottoman Serbs, armed and trained by the Austrians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karađorđe has received more than 555,321 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Karađorđe is the 1,250th most popular politician (up from 1,439th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Serbian Politician.

Karađorđe is most famous for leading the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karađorđe ranks 1,250 out of 19,576. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Saparmurat Niyazov, Romanos I Lekapenos, Zedekiah, and Vidkun Quisling. After him are Daoguang Emperor, Constantine VI, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, 2nd Dalai Lama, Karl Haushofer, and Faisal I of Iraq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Karađorđe ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Fourier, Joseph Bonaparte, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Frederick VI of Denmark. After him are Louis Desaix, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Tecumseh, and Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise. Among people deceased in 1817, Karađorđe ranks 7. Before him are Jane Austen, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, Charles Messier, André Masséna, and Marie Walewska. After him are Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Fyodor Ushakov, and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Karađorđe ranks 21 out of 661. Before him are Valentinian I (321), Gratian (359), Saint Sava (1169), Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), and Probus (232). After him are Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Stefan Lazarević (1374), Draža Mihailović (1893), Jovian (331), Stjepan Mesić (1934), and Quintillus (220).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Karađorđe ranks 17. Before him are Peter I of Serbia (1844), Valentinian I (321), Gratian (359), Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), and Probus (232). After him are Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Stefan Lazarević (1374), Jovian (331), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Quintillus (220), and Mátyás Rákosi (1892).

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