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François-Noël Babeuf

1760 - 1797

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François-Noël Babeuf (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa nɔɛl babœf]; 23 November 1760 – 8 Prarial, Year V [27 May 1797]), also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper Le tribun du peuple (The Tribune of the People) was best known for its advocacy for the poor and calling for a popular revolt against the Directory, the government of France. He was a leading advocate for democracy and the abolition of private property. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Noël Babeuf has received more than 474,986 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. François-Noël Babeuf is the 4th most popular journalist, the 462nd most popular biography from France (up from 463rd in 2019) and the most popular French Journalist.

François-Noël Babeuf was a French Revolutionary who was most famous for his conspiracy to overthrow the Directory and establish a more egalitarian society.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 4 out of 196. Before him are Robert Capa, Richard Sorge, and Oriana Fallaci. After him are Gianni Rodari, Joseph Pulitzer, Sebastião Salgado, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Robert Guérin, Julian Assange, and Dorothea Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 8. Before him are Pope Leo XII, Henri de Saint-Simon, Luigi Cherubini, Camille Desmoulins, Jiaqing Emperor, and Alexandre de Beauharnais. After him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Johan Gadolin, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Jean-François Le Sueur. Among people deceased in 1797, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 5. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Frederick William II of Prussia, Edmund Burke, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Vilna Gaon, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 462 out of 6,770. Before him are François Arago (1786), Gregory of Tours (538), Emmanuel Macron (1977), Francis Poulenc (1899), Luc Besson (1959), and Caroline Bonaparte (1782). After him are Jeanne Moreau (1928), Annie Girardot (1931), André Derain (1880), Eugène Boudin (1824), Stephen, King of England (1095), and Jacques Prévert (1900).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 1. After him are Robert Guérin (1876), Victor Noir (1848), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Catherine Leroy (1944), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958).

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