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Ki Hajar Dewantara

1889 - 1959

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Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat (EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese pronunciation (2 May 1889 in Pakualaman – 26 April 1959 in Yogyakarta), was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist, writer, columnist, politician, and pioneer of education for native Indonesians in Dutch colonial times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ki Hajar Dewantara has received more than 274,169 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ki Hajar Dewantara is the 8,500th most popular politician (up from 9,656th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 27th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 8,500 out of 19,576. Before him are King Xiao of Zhou, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Tetricus II, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and Charles Joseph Bonaparte. After him are Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Prospero Colonna, Talabuga, Ignaz von Born, and Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 96. Before him are Mikha'il Na'ima, Amedee Reyburn, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Amadeo Bordiga, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, and Jānis K. Bērziņš. After him are Ivan Mosjoukine, Emil Brunner, Achille Starace, Baba Sali, Maximilian de Angelis, and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. Among people deceased in 1959, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 69. Before him are Karl Mauss, George Reeves, Albert Ketèlbey, Irakli Tsereteli, Maxie Long, and Johan Bojer. After him are Štefan Tiso, Reuven Shiloah, Max Baer, Johannes Kleiman, Ramón Fonst, and Adolf Ziegler.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 26 out of 158. Before him are Dharmakirti (700), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), Anggun (1972), Lil Dagover (1887), Hendrik Brouwer (1581), and Jusuf Kalla (1942). After him are Raden Saleh (1811), Hamengkubuwono IX (1912), Hella Haasse (1918), Adam Malik (1917), Cut Nyak Dhien (1850), and Iskandar Muda (1583).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 14. Before him are Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), and Jusuf Kalla (1942). After him are Hamengkubuwono IX (1912), Adam Malik (1917), Iskandar Muda (1583), Tan Malaka (1897), D. N. Aidit (1923), and Sutan Sjahrir (1909).

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