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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French general and politician

1757 - 1834

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His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is the 17th most popular military personnel (up from 77th in 2024), the 86th most popular biography from France (up from 293rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Military Personnel.

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is most famous for his role in the American Revolution.

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks #17 of 2,188 Military Personnels worldwide, placing them among the top 1% of the profession.

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette climbed 1,607 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #2,445 to #838.

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette's biography appears in 62 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 97% of all Military Personnels.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 17 out of 2,188. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, Erwin Rommel, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Charles Martel, and Prince Eugene of Savoy. After him are Spartacus, Vasily Zaitsev, Romulus Augustulus, Flavius Aetius, Jochi, and Simo Häyhä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 2. Before him is Charles X of France. After him are William Blake, Antonio Canova, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Pierre Augereau, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Robert Smith, Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Rigas Feraios. Among people deceased in 1834, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 1. After him are Thomas Robert Malthus, Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Sunjo of Joseon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Alois Senefelder, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 86 out of 7,658. Before him are Henry III of France (1551), Louis IX of France (1214), Henri Bergson (1859), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Tacitus (54), and Jacques Cartier (1491). After him are Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Pope Clement V (1264), Jacques-Louis David (1748), Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Louis de Broglie (1892), and Louis Braille (1809).

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Among Military Personnels In France

Among military personnels born in France, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 5. Before him are Joan of Arc (1412), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), and Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663). After him are Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769).

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