1641 - 1691
François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis of Louvois (18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691) was the French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. Louvois and his father, Michel le Tellier, would increase the French Army to 400,000 soldiers, an army that would fight four wars between 1667 and 1713. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois has received more than 140,649 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois is the 5,405th most popular politician (up from 5,926th in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from France (up from 1,763rd in 2019) and the 421st most popular French Politician.
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Among politicians, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 5,405 out of 15,710. Before him are Cornelia Salonina, Bakenranef, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Zidanta I, Rezső Kasztner, and Princess Alexandrine of Baden. After him are Shote Galica, Ansprand, Tulga, Grifo, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, and Latinus.
300 - 268
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,399
700 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,400
1714 - 1774
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,401
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,402
1906 - 1957
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,403
1820 - 1904
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,404
1641 - 1691
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 5,405
1895 - 1927
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 5,406
657 - 712
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 5,407
622 - 642
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 5,408
725 - 753
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 5,409
1903 - 1946
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 5,410
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 5,411
Among people born in 1641, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 4. Before him are Hyeonjong of Joseon, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Regnier de Graaf. After him are Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Tokugawa Ietsuna, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Nehemiah Grew, and Menno van Coehoorn. Among people deceased in 1691, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 8. Before him are Robert Boyle, Pope Alexander VIII, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Aelbert Cuyp, George Fox, and Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha. After him are Cornelis Tromp, Carlo Rainaldi, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Richard Baxter, Isaac de Benserade, and Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
1641 - 1674
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 1
1641 - 1695
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 2
1641 - 1673
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 3
1641 - 1691
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 4
1641 - 1716
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 5
1641 - 1680
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 6
1641 - 1693
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 7
1641 - 1712
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 8
1641 - 1704
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 9
1627 - 1691
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 2
1610 - 1691
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 3
1647 - 1691
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 4
1620 - 1691
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 5
1624 - 1691
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 6
1637 - 1691
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 7
1641 - 1691
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 8
1629 - 1691
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 9
1611 - 1691
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 10
1629 - 1691
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 11
1615 - 1691
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 12
1613 - 1691
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 13
1646 - 1691
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 14
Among people born in France, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 1,713 out of 5,234. Before him are Henri de Lubac (1896), Charles Fabry (1867), Philip of Milly (1120), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Pierre Balmain (1914), and Maurice Herzog (1919). After him are Georges Guynemer (1894), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Alphonse Allais (1854), Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785), and Youri Djorkaeff (1968).
1896 - 1991
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 1,707
1867 - 1945
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 1,708
1120 - 1171
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 1,709
1130 - 1191
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 1,710
1914 - 1982
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 1,711
1919 - 2012
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 1,712
1641 - 1691
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 1,713
1894 - 1917
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 1,714
1319 - 1364
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 1,715
1689 - 1755
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 1,716
1854 - 1905
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,717
1785 - 1856
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,718
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,719
Among politicians born in France, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 421. Before him are Anne Gonzaga (1616), Otto Meissner (1880), Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (1434), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), and Philip of Milly (1120). After him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785), Pierre Werner (1913), Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), Le Pétomane (1857), and Léon Duguit (1859).
1616 - 1684
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 415
1880 - 1953
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 416
1434 - 1488
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 417
1612 - 1648
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 418
1213 - 1272
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 419
1120 - 1171
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 420
1641 - 1691
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 421
1785 - 1856
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 422
1913 - 2002
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 423
1700 - 1761
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 424
1878 - 1961
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 425
1857 - 1945
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 426
1859 - 1928
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 427