1902 - 1941
Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich (Lithuanian: Jakovas Smuškevičius, Russian: Яков Владимирович Смушкевич, also Яков Вульфович Смушкевич,; 14 April [O.S. 1 April] 1902 – 28 October 1941) was the Commander of the Soviet Air Forces from 1939 to 1940 and the first Jewish Hero of the Soviet Union. Arrested shortly before the start of Operation Barbarossa on falsified charges of being part of an anti-Soviet conspiracy, he became the only person to receive the Hero of the Soviet Union twice and then be executed. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Smushkevich has received more than 107,781 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yakov Smushkevich is the 1,361st most popular military personnel (down from 1,307th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 107th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Lithuanian Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Yakov Smushkevich ranks 1,361 out of 1,468. Before him are Nikolaos Trikoupis, Arabo, Raúl Reyes, Sudirman, Curt Haase, and Józef Chłopicki. After him are Hermann Boehm, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, John Burgoyne, Pavel Kurochkin, Tommy Franks, and William D. Leahy.
1868 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 1,355
1863 - 1893
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 1,356
1948 - 2008
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 1,357
1916 - 1950
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 1,358
1881 - 1943
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 1,359
1771 - 1854
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 1,360
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 1,361
1884 - 1972
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 1,362
1797 - 1868
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 1,363
1722 - 1792
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 1,364
1900 - 1989
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 1,365
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 1,366
1875 - 1959
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 1,367
Among people born in 1902, Yakov Smushkevich ranks 184. Before him are George Kingsley Zipf, Son House, Ilmari Salminen, André Patry, Georgette Heyer, and Yevgeny Petrov. After him are Beryl Markham, Flora Robson, Henry Hansen, Veniamin Kaverin, Juan José Tramutola, and Kajirō Yamamoto. Among people deceased in 1941, Yakov Smushkevich ranks 120. Before him are Pavel Filonov, Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Wilhelm Kienzl, Rudolf Ramek, Štefan Banič, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are Dimitrios Golemis, Franciszek Kleeberg, Karl Neukirch, Fritz Manteuffel, Dmitry Lavrinenko, and Alfred Pringsheim.
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 178
1902 - 1988
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 179
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 180
1902 - 1960
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 181
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 182
1902 - 1942
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 183
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 184
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 185
1902 - 1984
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 186
1902 - 1985
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 187
1902 - 1989
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 188
1902 - 1968
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 189
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 190
1883 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 114
1859 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 115
1857 - 1941
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 116
1881 - 1941
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 117
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 118
1851 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 119
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 120
1874 - 1941
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 121
1888 - 1941
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 122
1864 - 1941
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 123
1875 - 1941
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 124
1914 - 1941
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 125
1850 - 1941
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 126
Among people born in Lithuania, Yakov Smushkevich ranks 102 out of 287. Before him are Phoebus Levene (1869), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), Morta (1210), Maximilian Steinberg (1883), Mark Antokolsky (1843), and Jacques Sernas (1925). After him are Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), Žemaitė (1845), Donald Kagan (1932), Antanas Baranauskas (1835), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), and Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953).
1869 - 1940
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 96
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 97
1210 - 1260
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 98
1883 - 1946
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 99
1843 - 1902
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 100
1925 - 2015
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 101
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 102
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 103
1845 - 1921
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 104
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 105
1835 - 1902
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 106
1930 - 2011
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 107
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 108
Among military personnels born in Lithuania, Yakov Smushkevich ranks 5. Before him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560), Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (1883), Ieronim Uborevich (1896), and Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865).
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 1
1883 - 1940
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 2
1896 - 1937
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 3
1865 - 1920
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 4
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 5