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Władysław Sikorski

1881 - 1943

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Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɕiˈkɔrskʲi] ; 20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polish independence. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during World War I, and later in the newly created Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław Sikorski has received more than 801,645 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Władysław Sikorski is the 238th most popular military personnel (up from 262nd in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Poland (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Władysław Sikorski was a Polish military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile from 1939 to 1943. He was also the commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Władysław Sikorski ranks 238 out of 2,058. Before him are Gotthard Heinrici, Tōgō Heihachirō, Amr ibn al-As, Otto Carius, Lysander, and Maurice Gamelin. After him are Albert Pike, Pausanias, Desmond Doss, Bertrand du Guesclin, Valery Gerasimov, and Wu Sangui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Władysław Sikorski ranks 33. Before him are Georg von Küchler, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Irving Langmuir, Hermann Staudinger, Maximilian von Weichs, and George Enescu. After him are François Darlan, Walter Rudolf Hess, Erwin von Witzleben, Ivan Ribar, Natalia Goncharova, and Theodore von Kármán. Among people deceased in 1943, Władysław Sikorski ranks 16. Before him are Boris III of Bulgaria, Theodor Eicke, Sophie Scholl, Henri La Fontaine, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and Chaim Soutine. After him are Alexandre Millerand, Nikolai Vavilov, Max Wertheimer, Alexandre Yersin, Maurice Denis, and Julius Fučík.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław Sikorski ranks 119 out of 1,694. Before him are Władysław Reymont (1867), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Helena Rubinstein (1872), and Joseph Rotblat (1908). After him are Saint Casimir (1458), Karl Hanke (1903), Kurt Daluege (1897), Albert Sabin (1906), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Władysław Sikorski ranks 12. Before him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Anton Denikin (1872), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), and Alfred von Tirpitz (1849). After him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Rochus Misch (1917), Hermann Balck (1893), and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889).

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