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 172,091 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). François de La Rocque is the 10,610th most popular politician (down from 10,425th in 2019), the 3,155th most popular biography from France (down from 3,093rd in 2019) and the 707th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François de La Rocque ranks 10,610 out of 19,576. Before him are Aryenis, Ángel María Villar, Harriet Lane, Petar Živković, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, and Juan Carlos Wasmosy. After him are Élisabeth de Bourbon, Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya, Abd al-Wahid II, Nebojša Radmanović, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, François de La Rocque ranks 116. Before him are Karl Genzken, Jan Czochralski, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jerome Kern, Henri Laurens, and Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy. After him are Rolf Carls, Friedrich Kirchner, John Curtin, Liviu Rebreanu, Ethel Muckelt, and Edward Lasker. Among people deceased in 1946, François de La Rocque ranks 107. Before him are Claus Schilling, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ahmad Kasravi, Max von Oppenheim, and Albert Sechehaye. After him are Ioannis Rallis, Heinrich George, Dion Fortune, Ferdinand Marian, Maud Watson, and Victor Loret.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de La Rocque ranks 3,155 out of 6,770. Before him are Gustave Le Gray (1820), Charles Estienne (1504), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Paul Belmondo (1963), Moungi Bawendi (1961), and Georges Hébert (1875). After him are Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614), Wojciech Kossak (1856), Maxime Rodinson (1915), Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544), Ernest Monis (1846), and Vincent Voiture (1597).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François de La Rocque ranks 707. Before him are Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (945), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763), Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), and Antoine III de Gramont (1604). After him are Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614), Ernest Monis (1846), Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753), Sebastianus (400), Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), and Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy (1386).

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