MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

1847 - 1923

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Charles Marie Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (16 December 1847 – 21 May 1923) was an officer in the French Army from 1870 to 1898. He gained notoriety as a spy for the German Empire and the actual perpetrator of the act of treason of which Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully accused and convicted in 1894. After evidence against Esterhazy was discovered and made public, he was eventually subjected to a closed military trial in 1898, only to be officially found not guilty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy has received more than 559,093 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy is the 303rd most popular military personnel (up from 355th in 2019), the 885th most popular biography from France (up from 988th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Military Personnel.

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was a Hungarian composer and violinist who is most famous for his string quartets.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 303 out of 2,058. Before him are Charles François Dumouriez, Alois Brunner, Polyperchon, Maurice Benyovszky, Rochus Misch, and Meng Tian. After him are Alexander Löhr, Vasily Blyukher, Dmitry Yazov, Kurt Meyer, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Sejanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 12. Before him are Maria Feodorovna, Jesse James, Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and Georges Sorel. After him are Max Liebermann, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Annie Besant, Jean Casimir-Perier, Radomir Putnik, and Jens Peter Jacobsen. Among people deceased in 1923, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 17. Before him are Warren G. Harding, Joaquín Sorolla, Pierre Loti, Dietrich Eckart, Julius Martov, and Damdin Sükhbaatar. After him are Katherine Mansfield, James Dewar, George Hendrik Breitner, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Edward Emerson Barnard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 885 out of 6,770. Before him are Edmond Rostand (1868), François Cevert (1944), Jean Rochefort (1930), Alexis Clairaut (1713), Henriette of France (1727), and Louis Vuitton (1821). After him are Georges Dumézil (1898), Renée of France (1510), Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Lucile Randon (1904), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), and Jean-Georges Noverre (1727).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 34. Before him are Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Robert Nivelle (1856), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Georges Picquart (1854), and Charles François Dumouriez (1739). After him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Henri Giraud (1879), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), and Nicolas Chauvin (1790).

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