MILITARY PERSONNEL

Stepa Stepanović

1856 - 1929

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Stepan "Stepa" Stepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Степан Степа Степановић, pronounced [stɛ̌ːpa stɛpǎːnoʋitɕ]; 11 March [O.S. 28 February] 1856 – 29 April 1929) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War and World War I. Having joined the Serbian military in 1874, he fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1876. Over the following years, he climbed up the ranks of the Serbian Army and fought against Bulgarian forces in 1885. He eventually became the Serbian Minister of War in April 1908 and was responsible for instituting changes in the Serbian Army. Stepanović commanded Serbian forces during the two Balkan Wars and led the Serbian Second Army during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stepa Stepanović has received more than 145,979 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Stepa Stepanović is the 525th most popular military personnel (up from 789th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 101st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Serbian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Stepa Stepanović ranks 525 out of 2,058Before him are Bo'orchu, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Ernst Lindemann, Dmitry Pozharsky, and Roger of Lauria. After him are Živojin Mišić, Jacques MacDonald, Pál Maléter, Creighton Abrams, Cao Zhen, and Lautaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Stepa Stepanović ranks 31Before him are John Singer Sargent, H. Rider Haggard, Jean Moréas, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Mikhail Vrubel, and Louis Franchet d'Espèrey. After him are Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Sergei Taneyev, Hara Takashi, Naftali Herz Imber, Henri-Edmond Cross, and Maurice Sarrail. Among people deceased in 1929, Stepa Stepanović ranks 31Before him are Habibullāh Kalakāni, Arthur Scherbius, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Prince Henry of Prussia, Thomas Burke, and Richard Réti. After him are Asa Griggs Candler, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Liang Qichao, Tanaka Giichi, Carl Auer von Welsbach, and Oldfield Thomas.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Stepa Stepanović ranks 73 out of 661Before him are Draga Mašin (1864), Dušan Simović (1882), Radoje Domanović (1873), Rajko Mitić (1922), Gojko Mitić (1940), and Lazar Branković (1421). After him are Živojin Mišić (1855), Petar Stambolić (1912), Paul Abraham (1892), Svetislav Pešić (1949), Vujadin Boškov (1931), and Miki Manojlović (1950).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Serbia

Among military personnels born in Serbia, Stepa Stepanović ranks 4Before him are Romulus Augustulus (460), Draža Mihailović (1893), and Josip Jelačić (1801). After him are Živojin Mišić (1855), Milunka Savić (1890), Duško Popov (1912), Petar Bojović (1858), Momčilo Perišić (1944), Vetranio (300), Dragan Vasiljković (1954), and Sefer Halilović (1952).