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Charles-Henri Sanson

1739 - 1806

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Charles-Henri Sanson, full title Chevalier Charles-Henri Sanson de Longval (15 February 1739 – 4 July 1806), was the royal executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, as well as high executioner of the First French Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles-Henri Sanson has received more than 1,053,788 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Charles-Henri Sanson is the 1,328th most popular politician (up from 1,601st in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from France (up from 572nd in 2019) and the 114th most popular French Politician.

Charles-Henri Sanson was a French executioner who was most famous for beheading King Louis XVI of France.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles-Henri Sanson ranks 1,328 out of 19,576. Before him are Isaac Herzog, Uzun Hasan, John IV of Portugal, Olaf Tryggvason, Abaqa Khan, and Alexios V Doukas. After him are Maymunah bint al-Harith, Carus, Leo VI the Wise, Seongjong of Joseon, Tsai Ing-wen, and Harald Bluetooth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Charles-Henri Sanson ranks 2. Before him is Grigory Potemkin. After him are Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Charles François Dumouriez, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, George Clinton, Charles-François Lebrun, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Jean Chalgrin, and François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé. Among people deceased in 1806, Charles-Henri Sanson ranks 3. Before him are Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. After him are Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Utamaro, William V, Prince of Orange, William Pitt the Younger, Michael Haydn, Carlo Gozzi, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles-Henri Sanson ranks 478 out of 6,770. Before him are René Guénon (1886), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ambroise Paré (1510), and Yves Klein (1928). After him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Pierre Richard (1934), Carus (230), Patrick Modiano (1945), Genevieve (423), and Jean Arp (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles-Henri Sanson ranks 114. Before him are Louis III of France (863), Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), Emmanuel Macron (1977), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), and Stephen, King of England (1095). After him are Carus (230), Antoine of Navarre (1518), Christine Lagarde (1956), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), William II of England (1056), and Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550).

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