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Milan Rastislav Štefánik

1880 - 1919

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Milan Rastislav Štefánik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmilan ˈrascislaw ˈʂcefaːɲik] ; 21 July 1880 – 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister of War for Czechoslovakia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milan Rastislav Štefánik has received more than 270,386 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Milan Rastislav Štefánik is the 3,959th most popular politician (down from 3,527th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 20th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Slovak Politician.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovakian diplomat, physicist, and astronomer. He was most famous for being the first person to suggest that the Milky Way was a galaxy, and that there were other galaxies in the universe.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 3,959 out of 15,577Before him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Heracles of Macedon, Lycurgus of Athens, Sigebert II, and Gracia Mendes Nasi. After him are Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Mengu-Timur, Emperor Ankō, Ibbi-Sin, Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 34Before him are Sarah Knauss, Vajiravudh, Kuniaki Koiso, Mohammed Alim Khan, Giuseppe Moscati, and Paul Ehrenfest. After him are Andrei Bely, Vojtech Tuka, Álvaro Obregón, Akiba Rubinstein, Mack Sennett, and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. Among people deceased in 1919, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 29Before him are Madam C. J. Walker, Kurt Eisner, Johannes Rydberg, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Leonid Andreyev, and Henry Gantt. After him are Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Guido von List, Georg von Hertling, Sophia Tolstaya, Mikhail Tsvet, and Terauchi Masatake.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 32 out of 357Before him are Tibor Sekelj (1912), Ernst von Dohnányi (1877), Ľudovít Štúr (1815), Pribina (800), Zuzana Čaputová (1973), and Rudolf Schuster (1934). After him are Vojtech Tuka (1880), Andrej Hlinka (1864), Pál Maléter (1917), Michal Kováč (1930), Ján Kollár (1793), and Lajos Batthyány (1807).

Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Milan Rastislav Štefánik ranks 18Before him are Andrej Babiš (1954), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), Vladimír Mečiar (1942), Pribina (800), Zuzana Čaputová (1973), and Rudolf Schuster (1934). After him are Vojtech Tuka (1880), Andrej Hlinka (1864), Michal Kováč (1930), Lajos Batthyány (1807), Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860), and Ernő Gerő (1898).