1905 - 1982
Władysław Gomułka (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɡɔˈmuwka] ; 6 February 1905 – 1 September 1982) was a Polish Communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970. Born in 1905 in Galicia, Gomulka was of proletarian origin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław Gomułka has received more than 539,120 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Władysław Gomułka is the 2,503rd most popular politician (up from 3,069th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Poland (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Polish Politician.
Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician who served as the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1956 to 1970. He was removed from power after a major economic and political crisis in 1970.
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Among politicians, Władysław Gomułka ranks 2,503 out of 15,577. Before him are Alp-Tegin, Wang Zhaojun, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Hermann Müller, and Nancy Pelosi. After him are Prince Shōtoku, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Vytautas Landsbergis, James Francis Edward Stuart, and Antiochus VII Sidetes.
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 2,497
50 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,498
1522 - 1568
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,499
1669 - 1728
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,500
1876 - 1931
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,501
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,502
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,503
574 - 622
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,504
1820 - 1873
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,505
1636 - 1679
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,506
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,507
1688 - 1766
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 2,508
159 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 2,509
Among people born in 1905, Władysław Gomułka ranks 25. Before him are Arthur Koestler, Artem Mikoyan, Raymond Aron, Raymond Cattell, Guillermo Stábile, and Emilio Segrè. After him are Max Schmeling, Dalton Trumbo, Franz Ziereis, Marian Rejewski, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim. Among people deceased in 1982, Władysław Gomułka ranks 37. Before him are Helen of Greece and Denmark, Georges Perec, Curd Jürgens, Cevdet Sunay, John Belushi, and Stanford Moore. After him are Thelonious Monk, Jiro Horikoshi, Walther Wenck, Lee Strasberg, Peter Weiss, and E. H. Carr.
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 19
1905 - 1970
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 20
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 21
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 22
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 23
1905 - 1989
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 24
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 25
1905 - 2005
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 26
1905 - 1976
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 27
1905 - 1945
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 28
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 29
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 30
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 31
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 31
1936 - 1982
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 32
1915 - 1982
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 33
1899 - 1982
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 34
1949 - 1982
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 35
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 36
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 37
1917 - 1982
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 38
1903 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 39
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 40
1901 - 1982
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 41
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 42
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 43
Among people born in Poland, Władysław Gomułka ranks 144 out of 1,454. Before him are Donald Tusk (1957), Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), and Maxim Litvinov (1876). After him are Erich Mendelsohn (1887), Casimir Funk (1884), Daniel Libeskind (1946), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810).
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 138
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 139
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 140
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 141
1519 - 1559
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 142
1876 - 1951
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 143
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 144
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 145
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 146
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 147
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 148
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 149
1810 - 1868
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 150
Among politicians born in Poland, Władysław Gomułka ranks 37. Before him are Géza I of Hungary (1040), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), Donald Tusk (1957), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), and Maxim Litvinov (1876). After him are Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810), Georg Michaelis (1857), Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), Władysław Anders (1892), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), and Bolesław Bierut (1892).
1040 - 1077
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 31
1767 - 1790
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 32
1260 - 1333
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 33
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 34
1519 - 1559
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 35
1876 - 1951
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 36
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 37
1810 - 1868
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 38
1857 - 1936
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 39
1086 - 1138
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 40
1892 - 1970
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 41
1884 - 1945
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 42
1892 - 1956
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 43