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François-Jean de la Barre

1745 - 1766

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François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (12 September 1745 – 1 July 1766) was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary nailed to his torso. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Jean de la Barre has received more than 151,845 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). François-Jean de la Barre is the 294th most popular social activist (up from 340th in 2019), the 2,860th most popular biography from France (up from 3,272nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Social Activist.

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  • 150k

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  • 54.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 294 out of 840. Before him are Policarpa Salavarrieta, Millicent Fawcett, Feodosia Morozova, Bipin Chandra Pal, Maurice Bishop, and Pavel Pestel. After him are Ken Saro-Wiwa, Túpac Katari, Franceska Mann, Lynching of Jesse Washington, Massoud Rajavi, and Nikolai Kuznetsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 31. Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Isaac Titsingh, Bodawpaya, Caspar Wessel, Olaudah Equiano, and Johann Peter Frank. After him are Antonio José Cavanilles, Gim Hongdo, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Inō Tadataka, Franciszek Smuglewicz, and Johann Peter Salomon. Among people deceased in 1766, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 12. Before him are Johann Maria Farina, Giuseppe Castiglione, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Thomas Abbt, Johann Christoph Gottsched, and Marie Victoire de Noailles. After him are Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Jean Astruc, Dominikus Zimmermann, Jacques Aved, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, and Jane Colden.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 2,860 out of 6,770. Before him are Albert Kahn (1860), Andréa Ferréol (1947), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), and Adolf Wagner (1890). After him are Antoine Pesne (1683), William Waddington (1826), Michel Berger (1947), Pierre Arditi (1944), Benoît Jacquot (1947), and Drogo of Hauteville (1010).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 18. Before him are Abbé Pierre (1912), Balthasar Gérard (1557), Ravachol (1859), Guillaume Cale (1350), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), and Marina Ginestà (1919). After him are Germaine Tillion (1907), Martin Guerre (1524), Christine Delphy (1941), Joseph Wresinski (1917), Eugénie Cotton (1881), and Osman Kavala (1957).

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