MILITARY PERSONNEL

Miloš Obilić

1350 - 1389

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Miloš Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Обилић, pronounced [mîloʃ ôbilit͡ɕ]) was a legendary Serbian knight who is reputed to have been in the service of Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but features prominently in later accounts of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo as the assassin of Sultan Murad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miloš Obilić has received more than 440,767 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Miloš Obilić is the 102nd most popular military personnel (up from 144th in 2019), the most popular biography from Kosovo and the most popular Military Personnel.

Miloš Obilić is most famous for assassinating the Ottoman Sultan Murad I in 1389.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miloš Obilić ranks 102 out of 2,058. Before him are Heinrich Müller, Bernard Montgomery, Wilhelm Canaris, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Saigō Takamori, and John of Austria. After him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, George S. Patton, Zhang Fei, Andrea Doria, Theodor Eicke, and Perdiccas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1350, Miloš Obilić ranks 4. Before him are Pope Boniface IX, John of Nepomuk, and Malhun Hatun. After him are Manuel II Palaiologos, Dmitry Donskoy, Vincent Ferrer, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, John I of Aragon, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Pierre d'Ailly, and Urus Khan. Among people deceased in 1389, Miloš Obilić ranks 4. Before him are Murad I, Hafez, and Pope Urban VI. After him are Dmitry Donskoy, Lazar of Serbia, U of Goryeo, Gülçiçek Hatun, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Chang of Goryeo, Hayam Wuruk, and Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Kosovo

Among people born in Kosovo, Miloš Obilić ranks 1 out of 7. After him are David Albahari (1948), Xherdan Shaqiri (1991), Jeton Kelmendi (1978), Majlinda Kelmendi (1991), Albert Bunjaku (1983), and Fatos Bećiraj (1988).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Kosovo

Among military personnels born in Kosovo, Miloš Obilić ranks 1. 

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