1755 - 1794
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 associates, Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, he formed an unofficial triumvirate within the committee which wielded power until their arrest and execution in 1794 during the period of the Reign of Terror. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Couthon has received more than 162,436 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Georges Couthon is the 2,728th most popular politician (down from 2,460th in 2019), the 890th most popular biography from France (down from 859th in 2019) and the 211th 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, Georges Couthon ranks 2,728 out of 15,577. Before him are Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Odo the Great, Philip the Tetrarch, Barbara of Portugal, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, and Nero Julius Caesar. After him are Archduke Ernest of Austria, Eric IV of Denmark, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Mentuhotep I, and Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1580 - 1661
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,722
650 - 735
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,723
4 BC - 34
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,724
1711 - 1758
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 2,725
1438 - 1497
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 2,726
6 - 31
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 2,727
1755 - 1794
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,728
1553 - 1595
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,729
1216 - 1250
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,730
1114 - 1162
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,731
1925 - 2019
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,732
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 2,733
1898 - 1930
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 2,734
Among people born in 1755, Georges Couthon ranks 12. Before him are Alexander Hamilton, Paul Barras, James Parkinson, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and François Joseph Lefebvre. After him are Anthony of Saxony, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Natalia Alexeievna, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1794, Georges Couthon ranks 12. Before him are Marquis de Condorcet, Camille Desmoulins, Edward Gibbon, Jacques Hébert, Élisabeth of France, and Alexandre de Beauharnais. After him are André Chénier, William Jones, Augustin Robespierre, Gregory Skovoroda, Nicolas Chamfort, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.
1755 - 1804
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 6
1755 - 1829
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 7
1755 - 1824
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 8
1755 - 1818
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 9
1755 - 1826
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 10
1755 - 1820
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 11
1755 - 1794
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 12
1755 - 1836
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 13
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 14
1755 - 1824
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 15
1755 - 1776
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 16
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 17
1755 - 1829
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 18
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 6
1760 - 1794
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 7
1737 - 1794
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 8
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 9
1764 - 1794
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 10
1760 - 1794
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 11
1755 - 1794
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 12
1762 - 1794
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 13
1746 - 1794
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 14
1763 - 1794
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 15
1722 - 1794
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 16
1741 - 1794
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 17
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 18
Among people born in France, Georges Couthon ranks 890 out of 6,011. Before him are Roger Guillemin (1924), Louis Vuitton (1821), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Odo the Great (650), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), and Joan the Lame (1293). After him are Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Louis Desaix (1768), Inessa Armand (1874), and Bruno Latour (1947).
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 884
1821 - 1892
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 885
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 886
650 - 735
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 887
1438 - 1497
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 888
1293 - 1349
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 889
1755 - 1794
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 890
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 891
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 892
1765 - 1840
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 893
1768 - 1800
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 894
1874 - 1920
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 895
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 896
Among politicians born in France, Georges Couthon ranks 211. Before him are John I of Aragon (1350), Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), Joseph Babinski (1857), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Odo the Great (650), and Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438). After him are Louis Desaix (1768), Inessa Armand (1874), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Auguste Mariette (1821), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), and Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480).
1350 - 1396
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 205
1852 - 1924
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 206
1857 - 1932
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 207
1486 - 1553
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 208
650 - 735
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 209
1438 - 1497
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 210
1755 - 1794
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 211
1768 - 1800
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 212
1874 - 1920
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 213
1143 - 1184
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 214
1821 - 1881
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 215
1011 - 1076
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 216
1480 - 1504
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 217