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Georges Ernest Boulanger

1837 - 1891

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Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (29 April 1837 – 30 September 1891), nicknamed Général Revanche ("General Revenge"), was a French general and politician. An enormously popular public figure during the second decade of the Third Republic, he won multiple elections. At the zenith of his popularity in January 1889, he was feared to be powerful enough to establish himself as dictator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Ernest Boulanger has received more than 438,966 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Georges Ernest Boulanger is the 3,550th most popular politician (down from 3,498th in 2019), the 1,112th most popular biography from France (up from 1,140th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular French Politician.

Georges Ernest Boulanger was a French general and politician. He served as Minister of War in 1886 and then as Prime Minister from 1887 to 1888. He is most famous for his service in the Franco-Prussian War, where he was a general.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georges Ernest Boulanger ranks 3,550 out of 19,576. Before him are Othniel, João Bernardo Vieira, Karl Lueger, Intef III, Anatoly Sobchak, and François Leclerc du Tremblay. After him are Pál Teleki, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Kocel, James II of Majorca, Anna Dostoevskaya, and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Georges Ernest Boulanger ranks 20. Before him are Pedro V of Portugal, Ivan Kramskoi, Paul Morphy, Vasil Levski, John Newlands, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders. After him are Ilia Chavchavadze, Queen Cheorin, Rosalía de Castro, Émile Waldteufel, Francis, Duke of Teck, and Empress Dowager Ci'an. Among people deceased in 1891, Georges Ernest Boulanger ranks 21. Before him are Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Albert Pike, Ivan Goncharov, Jules Grévy, Jan Neruda, and Charles I of Württemberg. After him are Edmond Becquerel, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Franz Miklosich, Édouard Lucas, Theophil Hansen, and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Ernest Boulanger ranks 1,112 out of 6,770. Before him are Flora Tristan (1803), Coluche (1944), Odile of Alsace (662), Étienne Gilson (1884), Charles III of Navarre (1361), and François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577). After him are James II of Majorca (1243), La Hire (1390), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Alain de Lille (1117), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), and Albert Roussel (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Ernest Boulanger ranks 263. Before him are Jean de Dunois (1402), Odo the Great (650), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Charles III of Navarre (1361), and François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577). After him are James II of Majorca (1243), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), and Lionel Jospin (1937).

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