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Eugène Edine Pottier

1816 - 1887

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Eugène Edme Pottier (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn pɔtje]; 4 October 1816 – 6 November 1887) was a French revolutionary, poet, freemason and transport worker. Pottier was elected a member of the Paris municipal council, the Paris Commune, in March 1871. Following the Commune's defeat, in June 1871 he wrote the poem L'Internationale, which became the International Workingmen's Association anthem during its last years (1871–1876), and has been used by most socialist and left-wing political internationals since. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Edine Pottier has received more than 77,517 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eugène Edine Pottier is the 2,154th most popular politician (down from 2,112th in 2019), the 744th most popular biography from France (down from 728th in 2019) and the 170th most popular French Politician.

Eugène Edine Pottier is most famous for writing the words to the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 2,154 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Austen Chamberlain, Antiochus II Theos, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Kara Ahmed Pasha, and Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Louise of Orléans, John, Prince of Asturias, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Karl Radek, Mikhail Suslov, and Solomon, King of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 5. Before him are Charlotte Brontë, Werner von Siemens, Carl Zeiss, and Arthur de Gobineau. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria, Paul Reuter, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Abbas I of Egypt, Carl Ludwig, Franz Sacher, and John Frederick Kensett. Among people deceased in 1887, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 6. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff, Alexander Borodin, Gustav Fechner, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Jenny Lind. After him are Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Friedrich von Amerling, Alfred Krupp, and Juan, Count of Montizón.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 744 out of 6,770. Before him are Bruno Latour (1947), Dom Pérignon (1639), Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Béjart (1927), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), and Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651). After him are Clotilde (475), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Charles Hermite (1822), Simon Vouet (1590), François-André Danican Philidor (1726), and François Mansart (1598).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 170. Before him are Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), François Darlan (1881), William Longsword (893), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Dom Pérignon (1639), and Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848). After him are Theobald I of Navarre (1201), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), René Coty (1882), Adélaïde of France (1732), and Auguste Mariette (1821).

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