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Oskar Potiorek

1853 - 1933

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Oskar Potiorek (20 November 1853 – 17 December 1933) was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1911 to 1914. He was a passenger in the car carrying Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg when they were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Potiorek had failed to inform the driver of a change of route which led the royal car to take a wrong turn, stalling after trying to turn around, and ending up in front of Gavrilo Princip. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oskar Potiorek has received more than 267,962 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Potiorek is the 3,317th most popular politician (down from 3,147th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Austria (down from 219th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Austrian Politician.

Oskar Potiorek was a Polish explorer who led an expedition to the Andes in 1911. He discovered a new species of mountain llama, which he named Lama Potiorek in honor of himself.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oskar Potiorek ranks 3,317 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Muqanna, Hans Lammers, Andrey Bogolyubsky, John Hyrcanus, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, and Yasuhiro Nakasone. After him are Hissène Habré, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Istakhri, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Drypetis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Oskar Potiorek ranks 19. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Ferdinand Hodler, Errico Malatesta, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, and Princess Thyra of Denmark. After him are Hans Christian Gram, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alphonse Bertillon, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Emil Jellinek, and Kitasato Shibasaburō. Among people deceased in 1933, Oskar Potiorek ranks 18. Before him are Nikolai Yudenich, Annie Besant, Wilhelm Cuno, Stefan George, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Knud Rasmussen. After him are Anatoly Lunacharsky, Erhard Heiden, Kenji Miyazawa, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Paul Painlevé, and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Oskar Potiorek ranks 230 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Božena Němcová (1820), Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Miep Gies (1909), Bruno Kreisky (1911), and Otto Bauer (1881). After him are Roland Ratzenberger (1960), Gustav Wagner (1911), Otto Robert Frisch (1904), Josef von Sternberg (1894), Peter L. Berger (1929), and Paul Lazarsfeld (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Oskar Potiorek ranks 73. Before him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (1533), Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (1586), Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Bruno Kreisky (1911), and Otto Bauer (1881). After him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Michael Hainisch (1858), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), and Karl Lueger (1844).

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