# Badea Cârțan

> Badea Cârțan was a self-taught ethnic Romanian shepherd who fought for the independence of the Romanians of Transylvania, distributing Romanian-language books that he secretly brought from Romania to their villages. In all he smuggled some 200,000 books for pupils, priests, teachers and peasants; he used several routes to pass through the Făgăraş Mountains.

*Romanian hero (1849-1911)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/badea-cartan

## Identity
- **Born:** 1849-01-19
- **Died:** 1911-08-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Badea Cârțan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badea_C%C3%A2r%C8%9Ban)
- [Badea Cârțan](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badea_C%C3%A2r%C8%9Ban)
- [Badea Cârțan](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badea_C%C3%A2r%C8%9Ban)
- [Кырцан, Георге](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5)
- [Badea Cârţan](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badea_C%C3%A2r%C5%A3an)
- [Badea Cârțan](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badea_C%C3%A2r%C8%9Ban)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445032)

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