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Chevalier d'Éon

1728 - 1810

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Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont or Charles d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalière d'Éon or the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, and soldier. D'Éon fought in the Seven Years' War, and spied for France while in Russia and England. D'Éon had androgynous physical characteristics and natural abilities as a mimic and a spy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chevalier d'Éon has received more than 1,025,964 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Chevalier d'Éon is the 1,152nd most popular writer (down from 705th in 2019), the 1,314th most popular biography from France (down from 826th in 2019) and the 170th most popular French Writer.

Chevalier d'éon is most famous for being a spy in the 18th century.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 1,152 out of 7,302. Before her are Gottfried Keller, Vidyapati, Lao She, Mavro Orbini, Hugo Gernsback, and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger. After her are Vivant Denon, Ljudevit Gaj, Jernej Kopitar, Comtessa de Dia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, and Bolesław Prus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 9. Before her are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, Anton Raphael Mengs, Niccolò Piccinni, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and Étienne-Louis Boullée. After her are Ali Bey al-Kabir, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Antoine Baumé, John Hunter, Robert Adam, and Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1810, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 10. Before her are Nachman of Breslov, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Jean-Georges Noverre, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Philipp Otto Runge, and Andreas Hofer. After her are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Andrianampoinimerina, Mir Taqi Mir, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom.

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In France

Among people born in France, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 1,314 out of 6,770. Before her are Petrus Ramus (1515), Capucine (1928), Maria Schneider (1952), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), François Pinault (1936), and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824). After her are Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Vivant Denon (1747), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Anne Parillaud (1960), and Émile Waldteufel (1837).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 170. Before her are Alain-Fournier (1886), Clément Marot (1495), Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), and Antoine François Prévost (1697). After her are Vivant Denon (1747), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Roger Caillois (1913), and Léo Taxil (1854).

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