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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. He was tasked by the National Convention to intervene in the military conquest of Belgium led by French General Dumouriez. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Danton has received more than 2,090,873 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Georges Danton is the 275th most popular politician (down from 252nd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from France (up from 113th 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 275 out of 15,577Before him are Charles the Bald, Edward III of England, Elizabeth of Russia, William the Silent, Silvio Berlusconi, and Harald Fairhair. After him are Ariel Sharon, Edward II of England, Ahmed II, Alexander II of Russia, Charles II of Spain, and Septimius Severus.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Danton ranks 109 out of 6,011Before him are Charles VII of France (1403), André Gide (1869), Philippe Pétain (1856), Sarah Bernhardt (1844), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864). After him are Nicolas Flamel (1330), Pope Clement V (1264), Albert Schweitzer (1875), Philip II of France (1165), Anatole France (1844), and Saint Sebastian (300).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Danton ranks 29Before him are Henry II of France (1519), Philip V of Spain (1683), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Louis XVII of France (1785), Charles VII of France (1403), and Philippe Pétain (1856). After him are Philip II of France (1165), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Charles VI of France (1368), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060).