| Year: | 1948 |
| Number: | 17-1 |
| Nominee: | |
| Name: | Joseph Stalin |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1879 |
| Year, death: | 1953 |
| Profession/Category: | Premier of the Soviet Union 1941-53. |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RU (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) |
| Motivation: |
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| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Wladislav Rieger |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession/Category: | Professor |
| University: | Charles University |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZ (CZECH REPUBLIC) |
| Evaluation: | No |
| Comment: | Stalin's was known as Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, but his real name was Iosif Vissarianovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin was secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1922-53. |