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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

1757 - 1834

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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (, French: [lafajɛt]), was a French aristocrat and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette was ultimately permitted to command Continental Army troops in the decisive siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary War's final major battle that secured American independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette has received more than 8,866,028 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is the 84th most popular military personnel (up from 188th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from France (up from 585th in 2019) and the 9th 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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  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 84 out of 1,468. Before him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Ahmad Sanjar, Eugène de Beauharnais, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Wilhelm Canaris, and Hiroo Onoda. After him are Andrea Doria, Alexander Suvorov, Hattori Hanzō, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Jan Žižka, and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 3. Before him are Charles X of France and William Blake. After him are Antonio Canova, Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Pierre Augereau, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Ignaz Pleyel, Rigas Feraios, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and George Vancouver. Among people deceased in 1834, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Robert Malthus. After him are Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Sunjo of Joseon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Alois Senefelder, William Carey, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Husein Gradaščević.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 294 out of 6,011. Before him are Letizia Ramolino (1750), Robert II of France (972), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Pope Martin IV (1220), John I of France (1316), and Nadar (1820). After him are Louis VI of France (1081), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Michel Platini (1955), Chlothar I (498), and Frédéric Mistral (1830).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ranks 9. Before him are Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Ferdinand Foch (1851), and Eugène de Beauharnais (1781). After him are Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), André Masséna (1758), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), and Jean Lannes (1769).

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