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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

1847 - 1923

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

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 511,653 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy is the 355th most popular military personnel (down from 230th in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from France (down from 686th in 2019) and the 40th 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 355 out of 1,468. Before him are Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Günther Prien, Jonas Savimbi, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Pierre Augereau. After him are Francisco de Miranda, Mamai, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Mitsuo Fuchida, Thrasybulus, and Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov.

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HPI: 62.39
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HPI: 62.39
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Jean-Andoche Junot
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HPI: 62.28
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Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
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HPI: 62.27
Rank: 355
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HPI: 62.25
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HPI: 62.25
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HPI: 62.22
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HPI: 62.20
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Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
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HPI: 62.17
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Pulitzer, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, Annie Besant, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Jens Peter Jacobsen. After him are Jean Casimir-Perier, Maria Pia of Savoy, Max Liebermann, Catherine Dolgorukov, Radomir Putnik, and Sergey Nechayev. Among people deceased in 1923, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 19. Before him are Damdin Sükhbaatar, Joaquín Sorolla, Pierre Loti, Julius Martov, James Dewar, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. After him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Katherine Mansfield, Milena Vukotić, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Edward Emerson Barnard, and Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

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Joseph Pulitzer
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 9
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
1847 - 1897
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 10
Georges Sorel
1847 - 1922
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 11
Annie Besant
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 12
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
1847 - 1909
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 13
Jens Peter Jacobsen
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 14
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 15
Jean Casimir-Perier
1847 - 1907
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 16
Maria Pia of Savoy
1847 - 1911
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 17
Max Liebermann
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 18
Catherine Dolgorukov
1847 - 1922
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 19
Radomir Putnik
1847 - 1917
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 20
Sergey Nechayev
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 21