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Armand Louis de Gontaut

1747 - 1793

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Armand Louis de Gontaut (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ lwi də ɡɔ̃to]), duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron (13 April 1747 – 31 December 1793), was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1773, he was Grand second warden of Grand Orient de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armand Louis de Gontaut has received more than 81,767 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Armand Louis de Gontaut is the 10,069th most popular politician (down from 9,701st in 2019), the 3,008th most popular biography from France (down from 2,895th in 2019) and the 685th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 10,069 out of 19,576. Before him are Ragenfrid, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Joseph Boakai, Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, and Auguste Vaillant. After him are Francisco León de la Barra, Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Steve Bannon, Pietro Loredan, and Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 14. Before him are Gottfried August Bürger, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Leopold Koželuch, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, and Józef Wybicki. After him are Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, John Paul Jones, Grigory Shelikhov, Timothy Dexter, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer. Among people deceased in 1793, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 31. Before him are John Hancock, Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, and Nicolaas Laurens Burman. After him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, William Hudson, Charles de Bonchamps, and Jean Joseph Marie Amiot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 3,008 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Rosier (1905), Richard Galliano (1950), Marie Thérèse de Bourbon (1666), Maurice Germot (1882), Henri Vidal (1919), and Auguste Vaillant (1861). After him are István Nyers (1924), André Glucksmann (1937), Charles Tournemire (1870), Petrus de Cruce (1300), Didier Auriol (1958), and Brigitte Fontaine (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 685. Before him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078), Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950), Anne Jules de Noailles (1650), Jacques Georges (1916), and Auguste Vaillant (1861). After him are Jules Simon (1814), Isabelle of France (1225), Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1403), Phillipe de Plessis (1165), Gabriel Hanotaux (1853), and Michel Le Tellier (1603).

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