Social Activist

Witold Pilecki

1901 - 1948

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2024). Witold Pilecki is the 56th most popular social activist (up from 65th in 2024), the 145th most popular biography from Russia (up from 177th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Social Activist.

Witold Pilecki was a Polish soldier who volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp to gather intelligence on the Nazi's. He was eventually caught and executed by the Nazis.

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Among Social Activists

Among social activists, Witold Pilecki ranks 56 out of 840. Before him are Emmeline Pankhurst, Sakamoto Ryōma, Pheidippides, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Hassan al-Banna, and Harriet Tubman. After him are Yemelyan Pugachev, Frantz Fanon, Dominique Pire, Syed Ahmad Khan, Kim Hyong-jik, and Gerald Durrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Witold Pilecki ranks 31. Before him are Joaquín Rodrigo, Jean Dubuffet, Mohamed Naguib, J. D. Bernal, Max Euwe, and Vincent du Vigneaud. After him are Ricardo Zamora, Simon Kuznets, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, and Henning von Tresckow. Among people deceased in 1948, Witold Pilecki ranks 17. Before him are Edith Roosevelt, Walther von Brauchitsch, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Antonin Artaud, Andrei Zhdanov, and Hugo Boss. After him are Tamam Shud case, Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, Folke Bernadotte, and Arthur Liebehenschel.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Witold Pilecki ranks 145 out of NaN. Before him are Ivan V of Russia (1666), Käthe Kollwitz (1867), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Walther Funk (1890), Joseph Brodsky (1940), and Sergei Yesenin (1895). After him are Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Yemelyan Pugachev (1742), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), Alexander Glazunov (1865), Vasili III of Russia (1479), and Alla Pugacheva (1949).

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Among Social Activists In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Witold Pilecki ranks 2. Before him are Peter Kropotkin (1842). After him are Yemelyan Pugachev (1742), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866), Alexei Navalny (1976), Stenka Razin (1630), Sergey Nechayev (1847), Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Maria Spiridonova (1884), and Ales Bialiatski (1962).

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