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François-Noël Babeuf

1760 - 1797

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François-Noël Babeuf (French: [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 443,134 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). François-Noël Babeuf is the 4th most popular journalist, the 463rd most popular biography from France (down from 405th 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 127. Before him are Robert Capa, Richard Sorge, and Oriana Fallaci. After him are Gianni Rodari, Joseph Pulitzer, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Sebastião Salgado, Julian Assange, John Reed, and Dorothea Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 6. Before him are Hokusai, Pope Leo XII, Henri de Saint-Simon, Luigi Cherubini, and Jiaqing Emperor. After him are Camille Desmoulins, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Johan Gadolin, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, and Jan Ladislav Dussek. Among people deceased in 1797, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 5. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Frederick William II of Prussia. After him are Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 463 out of 6,011. Before him are Hector Malot (1830), Robert Campin (1375), Adolphe Adam (1803), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), and Roger Vadim (1928). After him are Jean Dubuffet (1901), Paul Bocuse (1926), Camille Desmoulins (1760), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Charles Messier (1730), and Jacques Le Goff (1924).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 1. After him are Robert Guérin (1876), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Vladimir Posner (1934), Victor Noir (1848), François Mignet (1796), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Joseph Roffo (1879), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958).

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