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Ernst Gideon von Laudon

1717 - 1790

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Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon; 13 February 1717 – 14 July 1790), was a Baltic German-born Austrian military officer and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Gideon von Laudon has received more than 112,617 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ernst Gideon von Laudon is the 3,319th most popular politician (up from 4,125th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 16th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Latvian Politician.

Ernst Gideon von Laudon was a general in the army of the Habsburg Monarchy. He is most famous for his victories against the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernst Gideon von Laudon ranks 3,319 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrey Bogolyubsky, John Hyrcanus, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Oskar Potiorek, and Hissène Habré. After him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Istakhri, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Drypetis, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Ernst Gideon von Laudon ranks 8. Before him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Pope Pius VI, Mustafa III, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Peter III of Portugal, and Johann Stamitz. After him are Marie Anne de Mailly, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Horace Walpole, David Garrick, Ebrahim Afshar, and Étienne-Gabriel Morelly. Among people deceased in 1790, Ernst Gideon von Laudon ranks 5. Before him are Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg. After him are Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Johann Bernhard Basedow, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Ernst Gideon von Laudon ranks 11 out of 323. Before him are Isaiah Berlin (1909), Mariss Jansons (1943), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), and Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937). After him are Jacob Kettler (1610), Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), Gidon Kremer (1947), Peter von Biron (1724), Ernst Johann von Biron (1690), and Vera Mukhina (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Latvia

Among politicians born in Latvia, Ernst Gideon von Laudon ranks 3. Before him are Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), and Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937). After him are Jacob Kettler (1610), Peter von Biron (1724), Ernst Johann von Biron (1690), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Egils Levits (1955), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), and Jānis Čakste (1859).

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