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Bob Denard

1929 - 2007

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Robert Denard (born Gilbert Bourgeaud;: 133  7 April 1929 – 13 October 2007) was a French soldier of fortune and mercenary. He served as the de facto military leader of the Comoros twice with him first serving from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and again briefly from the 28th of September to the 5th of October in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Denard has received more than 754,644 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bob Denard is the 538th most popular military personnel (down from 520th in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from France (down from 1,442nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular French Military Personnel.

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  • 750k

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  • 59.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bob Denard ranks 538 out of 1,468. Before him are George I Rákóczi, Elyesa Bazna, Ivan Yakubovsky, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Antonio Tejero, and Sergey Gorshkov. After him are Heinz Lammerding, Walter Rauff, Paddy Roy Bates, Bo'orchu, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Teruo Nakamura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bob Denard ranks 99. Before him are Abdel Halim Hafez, Ivar Giaever, Yozo Aoki, Alasdair MacIntyre, Georgi Markov, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. After him are John Polanyi, June Carter Cash, Kjell Askildsen, Věra Chytilová, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and Eva Schloss. Among people deceased in 2007, Bob Denard ranks 46. Before him are Robert Jordan, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Jean-Claude Brialy, Gaston Thorn, Joe Zawinul, and Oscar Peterson. After him are Ettore Sottsass, Abbé Pierre, Colin McRae, Ian Smith, Robert Adler, and Magda Szabó.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bob Denard ranks 1,458 out of 6,011. Before him are Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Régis Debray (1940), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), and Marcel Petiot (1897). After him are Louis de Bonald (1754), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Odo of Cluny (878), André Charles Boulle (1642), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), and Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Bob Denard ranks 59. Before him are Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), Heinz Harmel (1906), Lazare Hoche (1768), Pierre Cambronne (1770), Walter Krüger (1890), and Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898). After him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Aegidius (450), Joseph Gallieni (1849), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742).

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