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Victor Stănculescu

1928 - 2016

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Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (10 May 1928 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian general during the Communist era. He played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. His inaction allowed the citizens demonstrating in Bucharest against the government to seize control. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Stănculescu has received more than 173,509 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Stănculescu is the 8,290th most popular politician (down from 7,544th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 135th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Stănculescu ranks 8,290 out of 15,577. Before him are Alix, Duchess of Brittany, Aripert I, Battus I of Cyrene, Ewa Kopacz, Taspar Qaghan, and Prudente de Morais. After him are Willi Münzenberg, Rabah Bitat, Aripert II, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, Võ Chí Công, and Henry V, Count of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Victor Stănculescu ranks 179. Before him are Stuart Whitman, Cécile Aubry, Henry Silva, Aleksey Batalov, Laurence Harvey, and Sid Watkins. After him are Paul Elvstrøm, Veljko Bulajić, Eddie Fisher, Nicolas Roeg, Leyla Gencer, and Alan Sillitoe. Among people deceased in 2016, Victor Stănculescu ranks 145. Before him are Mark Taimanov, Curtis Hanson, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Peter Vaughan, Anker Jørgensen, and Rick Parfitt. After him are Jacques Hamel, Paul Elvstrøm, Silvana Pampanini, Piet de Jong, Chus Lampreave, and Trifon Ivanov.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Victor Stănculescu ranks 152 out of 665. Before him are Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Octavian Goga (1881), Radu Lupu (1945), Abraham Wald (1902), János Arany (1817), and Lucian Blaga (1895). After him are Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), Manea Mănescu (1916), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), and Nicolae Paulescu (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Victor Stănculescu ranks 62. Before him are Petre Roman (1946), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), and Octavian Goga (1881). After him are Manea Mănescu (1916), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), Ulpia Severina (300), Ignaz von Born (1742), Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886), and István Bethlen (1874).

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