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Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

1810 - 1861

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Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (Italian: [kaˈmillo ˈbɛnso]; 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as the Count of Cavour ( kə-VOOR; Italian: Conte di Cavour [ˈkonte di kaˈvur]) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification. He was one of the leaders of the Historical Right and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1852, a position he maintained (except for a six-month resignation) until his death, throughout the Second Italian War of Independence and Giuseppe Garibaldi's campaigns to unite Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour has received more than 1,154,874 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour is the 600th most popular politician (down from 595th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from France (up from 273rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Politician.

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour was a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, a position he held three times. His most famous accomplishment was leading the unification of Italy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ranks 600 out of 19,576Before him are Æthelstan, Aurelian, Didius Julianus, Christian IV of Denmark, Hugo Chávez, and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. After him are Alexander IV of Macedon, Jeroboam, Oleg of Novgorod, Constantius Chlorus, Alija Izetbegović, and Tolui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ranks 4Before him are Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Pope Leo XIII. After him are P. T. Barnum, Theodor Schwann, Alfred de Musset, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Éliphas Lévi, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Ernst Kummer. Among people deceased in 1861, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ranks 4Before him are Abdulmejid I, Taras Shevchenko, and Frederick William IV of Prussia. After him are Albert, Prince Consort, Xianfeng Emperor, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Lola Montez, Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ranks 256 out of 6,770Before him are Honoré Daumier (1808), Philip III of France (1245), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Pope Leo IX (1002), Georges Méliès (1861), and Serge Gainsbourg (1928). After him are Michel Platini (1955), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Pope Innocent V (1225), Charles Fourier (1772), and Maurice Leblanc (1864).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ranks 64Before him are John II of France (1319), Charles the Simple (879), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Richard II of England (1367), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), and Philip III of France (1245). After him are Philip I of France (1052), Henry I of France (1008), Charles I of Anjou (1226), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Philip the Good (1396), and Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058).