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Skanderbeg

1405 - 1468

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Gjergj Kastrioti (c. 1405 – 17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. A member of the noble Kastrioti family, Skanderbeg was sent as a hostage to the Ottoman court. He graduated from the Enderun School and entered the service of the Ottoman sultan Murad II (r. 1421–1444) for the next twenty years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Skanderbeg has received more than 3,228,888 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Skanderbeg is the 141st most popular politician (up from 161st in 2019), the most popular biography from Albania and the most popular Albanian Politician.

Skanderbeg was a 15th century Albanian who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. He was successful in defending Albania from the Ottomans for about 25 years.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Skanderbeg ranks 141 out of 19,576. Before him are Isabella I of Castile, Murad II, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, David Ben-Gurion, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bernie Sanders. After him are Bayezid II, Sun Yat-sen, Simón Bolívar, Al Gore, Augusto Pinochet, and Hatshepsut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1405, Skanderbeg ranks 1. After him are Pope Pius II, Gilles de Rais, John II of Castile, Thomas Malory, Ulugh Muhammad, Sophia of Halshany, Maria of Trebizond, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1468, Skanderbeg ranks 2. Before him is Johannes Gutenberg. After him are Sejo of Joseon, Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Jean de Dunois, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Juana Enríquez, Bianca Maria Visconti, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Zara Yaqob, and Francesco Squarcione.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Skanderbeg ranks 1 out of 150. After him are Enver Hoxha (1908), Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Ismail Kadare (1936), Sali Berisha (1944), Charles III of Naples (1345), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), and Zog I of Albania (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Skanderbeg ranks 1. After him are Enver Hoxha (1908), Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Sali Berisha (1944), Charles III of Naples (1345), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Zog I of Albania (1895), and Lütfi Pasha (1488).

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