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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 76,613 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Eugène Edine Pottier is the 2,119th most popular politician (up from 2,161st in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from France (up from 751st in 2019) and the 166th 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 2,119 out of 15,577Before him are Omar Bongo, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Tomoe Gozen, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Guillermo Lasso, and Empress Xiaoyichun. After him are Rudolph of France, Safi of Persia, Emperor Annei, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Magnus IV of Sweden, and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 5Before him are Charlotte Brontë, Werner von Siemens, Carl Zeiss, and Arthur de Gobineau. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Paul Reuter, Abbas I of Egypt, Antoine Béchamp, Carl Ludwig, and 10th Dalai Lama. Among people deceased in 1887, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 5Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff, Alexander Borodin, Gustav Fechner, and Jenny Lind. After him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Alfred Krupp, Juan, Count of Montizón, and Jules Laforgue.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 729 out of 6,011Before him are Raymond Aron (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741). After him are Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Rudolph of France (890), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Célestin Freinet (1896), and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Eugène Edine Pottier ranks 166Before him are Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Alexandre Millerand (1859), François Darlan (1881), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838). After him are Rudolph of France (890), Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Vincent Auriol (1884), Sophie of France (1786), and Louis, Prince of Condé (1530).