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Georges Couthon

1755 - 1794

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Georges Auguste Couthon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ oɡyst kutɔ̃], 22 December 1755 – 28 July 1794) was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793. Along with his close associate Louis Antoine de Saint-Just and Maximilien Robespierre, he formed an unofficial triumvirate within the committee which wielded power during the Reign of Terror until the three were arrested and executed in 1794 during the Thermidorian Reaction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Couthon has received more than 211,218 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Georges Couthon is the 2,530th most popular politician (up from 2,683rd in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from France (up from 888th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular French Politician.

Georges Couthon was a French lawyer and politician who was a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror. He is most famous for his role in the trial and execution of King Louis XVI.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georges Couthon ranks 2,530 out of 19,576. Before him are Sancho III of Pamplona, Pupienus, Tarō Asō, Irene of Hungary, Victor Lustig, and Tomislav Nikolić. After him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Paul Reynaud, Eric IV of Denmark, Souphanouvong, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, and Jie of Xia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Georges Couthon ranks 10. Before him are Paul Barras, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. After him are James Parkinson, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Anthony of Saxony, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and François Joseph Lefebvre. Among people deceased in 1794, Georges Couthon ranks 13. Before him are Marquis de Condorcet, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Edward Gibbon, Jacques Hébert, Élisabeth of France, and André Chénier. After him are Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, William Jones, Georg Forster, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, and Nicolas Chamfort.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Couthon ranks 845 out of 6,770. Before him are Célestin Freinet (1896), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Alain Aspect (1947), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), and Lorin Maazel (1930). After him are Pierre Lescot (1515), Paul Reynaud (1878), Jacques Anquetil (1934), Dora Maar (1907), Bertrada of Laon (720), and Arnaut Daniel (1150).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Couthon ranks 192. Before him are Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Magnentius (303), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Mary of Guise (1515), and Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677). After him are Paul Reynaud (1878), Léon Gambetta (1838), Louis Desaix (1768), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Armand Fallières (1841), and Adelaide of Maurienne (1092).

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