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POLITICIAN

François de La Rocque

1885 - 1946

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François de La Rocque (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dəlaʁɔk]; 6 October 1885 – 28 April 1946) was the leader of the French right-wing league the Croix de Feu from 1930 to 1936 before he formed the more moderate nationalist French Social Party (1936–1940), which has been described by several historians, such as René Rémond and Michel Winock, as a precursor of Gaullism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François de La Rocque has received more than 151,051 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). François de La Rocque is the 10,453rd most popular politician (down from 10,118th in 2019), the 3,104th most popular biography from France (down from 3,041st in 2019) and the 706th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François de La Rocque ranks 10,453 out of 15,577Before him are Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Odo I, Count of Orléans, Isaac Komnenos, Pinhas Lavon, Mario Scelba, and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Wincenty Witos, Antigone of Epirus, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Sergio Balanzino, Werner Faymann, and Sydir Kovpak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, François de La Rocque ranks 113Before him are Sophie, Princess of Albania, Alexander Shliapnikov, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Leó Weiner, Jan Czochralski, and Wallace Beery. After him are Carmine Gallone, Rolf Carls, Jerome Kern, Antonio Bacci, John Curtin, and Nils von Kantzow. Among people deceased in 1946, François de La Rocque ranks 113Before him are Heinrich George, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, and Harry Hopkins. After him are Béla Imrédy, Ferdinand Marian, Matteo Bartoli, Albert Sechehaye, Grigory Neujmin, and Dion Fortune.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de La Rocque ranks 3,104 out of 6,011Before him are Félix Gaillard (1919), Pascal Quignard (1948), Judith Gautier (1845), Jacques Vallée (1939), Michel Berger (1947), and Élisabeth Badinter (1944). After him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798), Princess Marguerite of Orléans (1846), Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert (1646), Wolfgang Capito (1478), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), and Victor Segalen (1878).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François de La Rocque ranks 706Before him are Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1877), Jacques Duclos (1896), William Waddington (1826), Paul Poupard (1930), Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet (1831), and Félix Gaillard (1919). After him are Élie, duc Decazes (1780), Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), Christian Metz (1931), Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950), and Frédéric François-Marsal (1874).