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François Vatel

1631 - 1671

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François Vatel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa vatɛl]; 1631 – 24 April 1671) was the majordomo (in French, maître d'hôtel) of Nicolas Fouquet and prince Louis, Grand Condé. Vatel was born either in Switzerland or in Paris in 1625, 1631, or 1635. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Vatel has received more than 254,978 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. François Vatel is the 2,849th most popular politician (up from 3,027th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 114th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Belgian Politician.

François Vatel was a French chef who is most famous for committing suicide after he served a meal to King Louis XIV and his guests that was not up to standards.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François Vatel ranks 2,849 out of 15,577. Before him are Kiro Gligorov, Emperor Qinzong, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Perdiccas III of Macedon, Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, and Zechariah of Israel. After him are Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Cao Zhi, Carin Göring, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Francisco I. Madero, and Ferhat Abbas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1631, François Vatel ranks 3. Before him are Isaac Barrow and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange. After him are Al-Rashid of Morocco, John Dryden, Pierre Beauchamp, Selim I Giray, Abraham Brueghel, Anne Conway, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1671, François Vatel ranks 2. Before him is Stenka Razin. After him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Anne Hyde, Adam Olearius, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Sébastien Bourdon, Roche Braziliano, Antonio Barberini, and Yerofey Khabarov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François Vatel ranks 109 out of 1,019. Before him are Joachim Patinir (1480), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Paul Delvaux (1897), Frans Snyders (1579), and Gertrude of Nivelles (626). After him are Henri Pirenne (1862), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Karel van Mander (1548), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), and Henri, Count of Paris (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, François Vatel ranks 33. Before him are Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Anne of France (1461), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), and Gerard de Ridefort (1141). After him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Paul Deschanel (1855), and Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876).

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