1892 - 1971
Mátyás Rákosi ([ˈmaːcaːʃ ˈraːkoʃi]; born Mátyás Rosenfeld; 9 March 1892 – 5 February 1971) was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1947 to 1956. He served first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party (1945–48) and later holding the same post with the Hungarian Working People's Party (1948–56). Rákosi had been involved in left-wing politics since his youth, and in 1919 he was a leading commissar in the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mátyás Rákosi has received more than 351,386 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Mátyás Rákosi is the 1,680th most popular politician (down from 1,614th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 24th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Serbian Politician.
Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was leader of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1948 to 1956. He is most famous for his repressive policies and his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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Among politicians, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 1,680 out of 15,710. Before him are Axel Oxenstierna, Pleistarchus, Tarja Halonen, Kenan Evren, Mohammed V of Morocco, and Emperor Suizei. After him are Sultan Cem, Maria I of Portugal, Shapur II, Alcide De Gasperi, Ted Kennedy, and Jehu.
1583 - 1654
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 1,674
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 1,675
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 1,676
1917 - 2015
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 1,677
1909 - 1961
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 1,678
669 BC - 548 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1,679
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1,680
1459 - 1495
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1,681
1734 - 1816
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1,682
309 - 379
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1,683
1881 - 1954
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 1,684
1932 - 2009
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1,685
900 BC - 814 BC
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1,686
Among people born in 1892, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 30. Before him are Ernst Lubitsch, Marina Tsvetaeva, George Paget Thomson, Robert Ritter von Greim, Edward Victor Appleton, and Darius Milhaud. After him are Shirō Ishii, Erhard Milch, Arthur Friedenreich, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Erwin Panofsky, and Stefan Banach. Among people deceased in 1971, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 22. Before him are Igor Tamm, Gotthard Heinrici, Giorgos Seferis, Lin Biao, Rudolf Abel, and Paul Karrer. After him are Theodor Svedberg, Donald Winnicott, Franz Stangl, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Arne Tiselius, and Lothar Rendulic.
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 24
1892 - 1941
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 25
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 26
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 27
1892 - 1965
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 28
1892 - 1974
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 29
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 30
1892 - 1959
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 31
1892 - 1972
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 32
1892 - 1969
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 33
1892 - 1980
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 34
1892 - 1968
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 35
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 36
1895 - 1971
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 16
1886 - 1971
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 17
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 18
1907 - 1971
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 19
1903 - 1971
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 20
1889 - 1971
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 21
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 22
1884 - 1971
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 23
1896 - 1971
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 24
1908 - 1971
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 25
1904 - 1971
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 26
1902 - 1971
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 27
1887 - 1971
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 28
Among people born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 23 out of 469. Before him are Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Saint Sava (1169), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Constantius III (370), Draža Mihailović (1893), and Karađorđe (1768). After him are Marina Abramović (1946), Josip Jelačić (1801), Stefan Lazarević (1374), Vuk Karadžić (1787), Novak Djokovic (1987), and Maximinus II (270).
1876 - 1903
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 17
1169 - 1236
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 18
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 19
370 - 421
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 20
1893 - 1946
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 21
1768 - 1817
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 22
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 23
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 24
1801 - 1859
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 25
1374 - 1427
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 26
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 27
1987 - Present
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 28
270 - 313
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 29
Among politicians born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 19. Before him are Probus (232), Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Constantius III (370), and Karađorđe (1768). After him are Stefan Lazarević (1374), Maximinus II (270), Hostilian (230), Alboin (530), Krum (710), and Quintillus (220).
232 - 282
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 13
1923 - 1970
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 14
1876 - 1903
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 15
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 16
370 - 421
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 17
1768 - 1817
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 18
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 19
1374 - 1427
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 20
270 - 313
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 21
230 - 251
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 22
530 - 572
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 23
710 - 814
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 24
220 - 270
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 25