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Georges Danton

1759 - 1794

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Georges Jacques Danton (French: [ʒɔʁʒ dɑ̃tɔ̃]; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure in the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister of Justice following the fall of the monarchy on the tenth of August 1792, and was allegedly responsible for inciting the September Massacres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Danton has received more than 2,230,988 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Georges Danton is the 267th most popular politician (up from 275th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from France (up from 109th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Politician.

Georges Danton was a French Revolutionary who was most famous for his role in the Reign of Terror.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georges Danton ranks 267 out of 19,576. Before him are Safiye Sultan, Ashurbanipal, Philip V of Spain, Henry II of France, Konrad Adenauer, and Philip IV of Spain. After him are Georgy Zhukov, Philippe Pétain, Wu Zetian, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Numa Pompilius, and Elagabalus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Georges Danton ranks 2. Before him is Friedrich Schiller. After him are Joseph Fouché, Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria Feodorovna, Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, and Maria Theresia von Paradis. Among people deceased in 1794, Georges Danton ranks 3. Before him are Antoine Lavoisier, and Maximilien Robespierre. After him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Cesare Beccaria, Camille Desmoulins, Marquis de Condorcet, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Edward Gibbon, Jacques Hébert, Élisabeth of France, and André Chénier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Danton ranks 108 out of 6,770. Before him are Philip II of France (1165), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), André Gide (1869), Philip V of Spain (1683), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), and Henry II of France (1519). After him are Philippe Pétain (1856), Charles Aznavour (1924), Maurice Ravel (1875), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), and Hector Berlioz (1803).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Danton ranks 29. Before him are Caracalla (188), Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), Philip II of France (1165), Philip V of Spain (1683), and Henry II of France (1519). After him are Philippe Pétain (1856), Charles VII of France (1403), Charles VIII of France (1470), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Hugh Capet (940), and Charles VI of France (1368).

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