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Charles Blondin

1824 - 1897

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Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Blondin has received more than 467,868 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Blondin is the 658th most popular athlete (down from 312th in 2019), the 4,454th most popular biography from France (down from 3,777th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Athlete.

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  • 2.54

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Blondin ranks 658 out of 6,025. Before him are Jean Cau, Bruno Junk, Gunnar Lindström, Tim Ahearne, Amos Biwott, and Akilles Järvinen. After him are Carlo Pavesi, Charles Greene, Durward Knowles, Fernando Altimani, Gösta Andersson, and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Charles Blondin ranks 68. Before him are Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, Alexey Bogolyubov, Theodor von Heuglin, Martin Gropius, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, and Heinrich Hofmann. After him are Bertha Valerius, Victoire Léodile Béra, Joseph Hergenröther, Francesco Brioschi, Aniceto Arce, and Franz Sigel. Among people deceased in 1897, Charles Blondin ranks 69. Before him are Japetus Steenstrup, Adam Asnyk, Dimitrie Ghica, William Henry Conley, Jan Heemskerk, and Harriet Jacobs. After him are Léon Gautier, Lea Ahlborn, Francesco Brioschi, Juan Idiarte Borda, Isaac Pitman, and Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Blondin ranks 4,454 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeanne Demessieux (1921), Albert Londres (1884), Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648), Claudie Haigneré (1957), Nina Companeez (1937), and Régine Deforges (1935). After him are Hélène Vincent (1943), Barbara Cassin (1947), Michel Colombier (1939), Alain Daniélou (1907), Emma Shapplin (1974), and Henry Monnier (1799).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Charles Blondin ranks 28. Before him are Roger de Barbarin (1860), Colette Besson (1946), Gaston Amson (1883), Anne-Marie Colchen (1925), Anni Steuer (1913), and Jean Cau (1875). After him are Guy de Luget (1884), Henri Tauzin (1879), Joseph Alzin (1893), Robert Liottel (1885), Roger Gautier (1922), and Maurice Larrouy (1872).

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