1722 - 1788
François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a career French officer who achieved the rank of admiral. He is best known for his command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Joseph Paul de Grasse has received more than 343,959 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. François Joseph Paul de Grasse is the 1,005th most popular military personnel (down from 933rd in 2019), the 2,670th most popular biography from France (down from 2,528th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular French Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, François Joseph Paul de Grasse ranks 1,005 out of 1,468. Before him are Manshuk Mametova, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Alfredo Guzzoni, Alexander von Linsingen, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, and Hajo Herrmann. After him are Erwin Jaenecke, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Jacques François Dugommier, Violette Szabo, Grigory Kotovsky, and Wilhelm Marschall.
1922 - 1943
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 999
1729 - 1814
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 1,000
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 1,001
1850 - 1935
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 1,002
1850 - 1921
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,003
1913 - 2010
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 1,004
1722 - 1788
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1,005
1890 - 1960
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 1,006
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 1,007
1738 - 1794
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 1,008
1921 - 1945
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 1,009
1881 - 1925
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 1,010
1886 - 1976
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 1,011
Among people born in 1722, François Joseph Paul de Grasse ranks 15. Before him are Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pietro Nardini, Amursana, Paisius Velichkovsky, and Leopold Auenbrugger. After him are Paisius of Hilendar, Petrus Camper, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Flora MacDonald, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and John Burgoyne. Among people deceased in 1788, François Joseph Paul de Grasse ranks 18. Before him are José, Prince of Brazil, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Toriyama Sekien, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Giovanni Domenico Maraldi. After him are Pierre André de Suffren, Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal, Charles Wesley, Salomon Gessner, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, and Francesco Zuccarelli.
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 9
1722 - 1782
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 10
1722 - 1793
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 11
1722 - 1757
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 12
1722 - 1794
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 13
1722 - 1809
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 14
1722 - 1788
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 15
1722 - 1773
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 16
1722 - 1789
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 17
1722 - 1775
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 18
1722 - 1790
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 19
1722 - 1799
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 20
1722 - 1792
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 21
1761 - 1788
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 12
1764 - 1788
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 13
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 14
1712 - 1788
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 15
1735 - 1788
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 16
1709 - 1788
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 17
1722 - 1788
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 18
1729 - 1788
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 19
1768 - 1788
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 20
1707 - 1788
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 21
1730 - 1788
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 22
1720 - 1788
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 23
1702 - 1788
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 24
Among people born in France, François Joseph Paul de Grasse ranks 2,670 out of 6,011. Before him are Philippe de La Hire (1640), Olivier Assayas (1955), Pierre Rode (1774), Auguste Laurent (1807), Abraham Bosse (1604), and Émile Baudot (1845). After him are Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828), Jules Jamin (1818), N'Golo Kanté (1991), Georges Wilson (1921), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), and Champfleury (1821).
1640 - 1718
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 2,664
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2,665
1774 - 1830
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 2,666
1807 - 1853
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 2,667
1604 - 1676
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 2,668
1845 - 1903
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,669
1722 - 1788
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,670
1828 - 1886
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,671
1818 - 1886
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,672
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,673
1921 - 2010
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,674
1700 - 1777
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,675
1821 - 1889
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,676
Among military personnels born in France, François Joseph Paul de Grasse ranks 103. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), Tarrare (1772), Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), Abraham Duquesne (1610), Roussel de Bailleul (1100), and Drogo of Hauteville (1010). After him are Violette Szabo (1921), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), François Séverin Marceau (1769), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753), and Adolphe Pégoud (1889).
1765 - 1844
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 97
1772 - 1798
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 98
1762 - 1800
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 99
1610 - 1688
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 100
1100 - 1078
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 101
1010 - 1051
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 102
1722 - 1788
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 103
1921 - 1945
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 104
1729 - 1788
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 105
1769 - 1796
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 106
1816 - 1897
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 107
1753 - 1798
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 108
1889 - 1915
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 109