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MILITARY PERSONNEL

François Joseph Paul de Grasse

1722 - 1788

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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

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In France

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).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

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).

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