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Chevalier d'Éon

1728 - 1810

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Charles d'Éon de Beaumont or Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon or the Chevalière 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 835,888 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Chevalier d'Éon is the 706th most popular writer (up from 820th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from France (up from 902nd in 2019) and the 115th 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 706 out of 5,755Before her are Jean Froissart, Arto Paasilinna, John Dos Passos, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Frederick Forsyth. After her are Joseph Campbell, Tukaram, Jin Yong, Alexander Blok, Louise Hay, and Bruno Schulz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 6Before her are James Cook, Peter III of Russia, Joseph Black, Johann Heinrich Lambert, and Anton Raphael Mengs. After her are Niccolò Piccinni, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Robert Adam, and Antoine Baumé. Among people deceased in 1810, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 6Before her are Henry Cavendish, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nachman of Breslov, and Jean-Georges Noverre. After her are Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Philipp Otto Runge, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Andrianampoinimerina, and Andreas Hofer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 828 out of 6,011Before her are Hector Guimard (1867), Charles Hermite (1822), Maria Malibran (1808), Charles Nicolle (1866), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), and Pauline Viardot (1821). After her are Germaine of Foix (1488), Eric Cantona (1966), Saint Remigius (437), Simon Vouet (1590), Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), and David Guetta (1967).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Chevalier d'Éon ranks 115Before her are Antoine François Prévost (1697), Pierre Boulle (1912), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), and Jean Froissart (1337). After her are Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Marie de France (1101), George Steiner (1929), Maurice Druon (1918), and Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657).