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Félix Faure

1841 - 1899

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Félix François Faure (French pronunciation: [feliks fʁɑ̃swa fɔʁ]; 30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was the president of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. A native of Paris, he worked as a tanner in his younger years. Faure became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Seine-Inférieure in 1881. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix Faure has received more than 1,115,184 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Félix Faure is the 1,849th most popular politician (up from 2,171st in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from France (up from 754th in 2019) and the 147th most popular French Politician.

Félix Faure was the President of France from 1895 to 1899. He is most famous for being the subject of a scandalous affair with Marguerite Steinheil, a married woman who was his mistress.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Félix Faure ranks 1,849 out of 15,577Before him are Tiglath-Pileser I, Lazare Carnot, Robert Ritter von Greim, Marcus Furius Camillus, Emomali Rahmon, and Britannicus. After him are Carinus, Anastasia Romanovna, Robert, Count of Clermont, François Ravaillac, Canute IV of Denmark, and Nicholas I of Montenegro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Félix Faure ranks 13Before him are Henry Morton Stanley, Henri Fayol, Otto Wagner, Itō Hirobumi, Frédéric Bazille, and Emil Theodor Kocher. After him are Nicholas I of Montenegro, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Armand Fallières, Emmanuel Chabrier, and Victor D'Hondt. Among people deceased in 1899, Félix Faure ranks 5Before him are Johann Strauss II, Alfred Sisley, Robert Bunsen, and Leo von Caprivi. After him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Ernest Chausson, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Paul Reuter, Sophus Lie, Rosa Bonheur, and Giovanni Segantini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félix Faure ranks 649 out of 6,011Before him are Éliphas Lévi (1810), Jean Jaurès (1859), Clotilde (475), Lazare Carnot (1753), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), and Antoine-Jean Gros (1771). After him are François Ravaillac (1578), Agnès Sorel (1422), Jacques Charles (1763), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Gabriel Tarde (1843), and Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Félix Faure ranks 147Before him are Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Jean Jaurès (1859), and Lazare Carnot (1753). After him are François Ravaillac (1578), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), Dom Pérignon (1639), Salome Zourabichvili (1952), Joan II of Navarre (1311), and William Longsword (893).