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Augustin Robespierre

1763 - 1794

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Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre (21 January 1763 – 28 July 1794), known as Robespierre the Younger, was a French lawyer, politician and the younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre. His political views were similar to his brother's. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustin Robespierre has received more than 287,460 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Augustin Robespierre is the 3,044th most popular politician (up from 3,218th in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from France (up from 1,054th in 2019) and the 230th most popular French Politician.

Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician who helped to overthrow the French monarchy and establish the French republic. He is most famous for being the architect of the Reign of Terror, a period of violence in which more than 17,000 people were executed.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Augustin Robespierre ranks 3,044 out of 19,576. Before him are Walter Hallstein, Emperor Kōrei, Muwatalli II, Eric III of Denmark, Condoleezza Rice, and Abdul Hamid. After him are Hormizd IV, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Deioces, Astyanax, Pujie, and Alfonso I of Asturias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Augustin Robespierre ranks 9. Before him are Józef Poniatowski, Jacques Charles, Jean Paul, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin. After him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, Guillaume Brune, Xavier de Maistre, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Joseph Fesch. Among people deceased in 1794, Augustin Robespierre ranks 15. Before him are Edward Gibbon, Jacques Hébert, Élisabeth of France, André Chénier, Georges Couthon, and Gregory Skovoroda. After him are William Jones, Georg Forster, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Jacques Roux, and Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Augustin Robespierre ranks 989 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Giraud (1879), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Philippe Ariès (1914), Germaine of Foix (1488), and Étienne Bézout (1730). After him are Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Laurent Blanc (1965), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Charles Nodier (1780), and Jean Casimir-Perier (1847).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Augustin Robespierre ranks 230. Before him are Jules de Polignac (1780), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Christina of Lorraine (1565), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), and Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486). After him are Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), Jean Moulin (1899), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Louis II of Anjou (1377), and Agnes of Poitou (1025).

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