93,821 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Jan Kubiš

✓ Source-basedrising

Czech soldier and martyr (1913-1942)

Lived 1913 to 1942 · aged 28
Compare
Fame57.2
Momentum3.9
Languages25
In century#11,527

Jan Kubiš was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Bullet-scarred window of the Church of St Cyril and St Methodious in Prague where Kubiš and his compatriots were corneredBullet-scarred window of the Church of St Cyril and St Methodious in Prague where Kubiš and his compatriots were cornered

Awards 5

Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Commemorative medals of the Czechoslovak army abroad
Czechoslovak Military Order for Freedom
Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order

In their orbit 3

Connected to Jan 6

Bernard MontgomeryAlso won Czechoslovak Military Order for FreedomFilipp GolikovAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945Władysław SikorskiAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945Kirill MoskalenkoAlso won Czechoslovak Military Order for FreedomAntonín ZápotockýAlso won Commemorative medals of the Czechoslovak army abroadAdolf OpálkaAlso won Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order

About this person

Jan Kubiš was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid. During the assassination attempt, Kubiš threw a makeshift grenade that mortally wounded Heydrich.

Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1942 · aged 28
Written about in
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.