MILITARY PERSONNEL

François Le Fort

1656 - 1699

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François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort (Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2(12), 1656 – March 2(12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great. François Le Fort, born in Geneva, came from a merchant family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Le Fort has received more than 6,168 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). François Le Fort is the 1,457th most popular military personnel (down from 1,246th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 316th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, François Le Fort ranks 1,457 out of 2,058Before him are Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, Albrecht Brandi, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Aris Velouchiotis, August von Werder, and Hugh Thompson Jr.. After him are Henry Clinton, Louis Faidherbe, Geberic, Vasyl Makukh, Vasily Gordov, and Artabanes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1656, François Le Fort ranks 14Before him are Guillaume Dubois, Robert de Cotte, Kateri Tekakwitha, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Guru Har Krishan, and Ferdinand de Marsin. After him is Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1699, François Le Fort ranks 11Before him are Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Mattia Preti, Hortense Mancini, Marco d'Aviano, Lucrezia Barberini, and Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg. After him are Patrick Gordon, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Mary Beale, and Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, François Le Fort ranks 348 out of 1,015Before him are Gustav Wiederkehr (1905), Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Bertrand Piccard (1958), and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956). After him are Gottfried Diener (1926), Klaus Huber (1924), Ella Maillart (1903), Urs Graf (1485), Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), and Albert Heim (1849).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Switzerland

Among military personnels born in Switzerland, François Le Fort ranks 2Before him are Henri Guisan (1874). After him are Jean Reynier (1771), Lionel Dunsterville (1865), Franz von Werra (1914), and Henry Wirz (1823).