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Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

1721 - 1794

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Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (French pronunciation: [ɡijom kʁetjɛ̃ də lamwaɲɔ̃ də malzɛʁb], 6 December 1721 – 22 April 1794), often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense of Louis XVI. He is known for his vigorous criticism of royal abuses as President of the Cour des aides and his role, as director of censorship, in helping with the publication of the Encyclopédie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes has received more than 191,709 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes is the 6,539th most popular politician (down from 6,469th in 2019), the 1,946th most popular biography from France (down from 1,922nd in 2019) and the 470th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 6,539 out of 19,576. Before him are Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Natan Sharansky, Artabanus of Persia, Emperor Go-Kōgon, Orlando Letelier, and Bernardino Rivadavia. After him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Maharbal, Zuo Zongtang, Wilhelm Zaisser, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and T. V. Soong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 7. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, Bernardo Bellotto, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, and Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano. After him are Johann Kirnberger, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, and Samuel von Brukenthal. Among people deceased in 1794, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 31. Before him are Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Gottfried August Bürger, Sheikh Mansur, James Lind, Lucile Desmoulins, and Caspar Friedrich Wolff. After him are Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Lotf Ali Khan, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, James Bruce, Paisius Velichkovsky, and Fabre d'Églantine.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 1,946 out of 6,770. Before him are Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Jules Brunet (1838), Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), and Charles Fabry (1867). After him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Marcel Schwob (1867), Leslie Caron (1931), Marc Augé (1935), Henry of Flanders (1174), and François Magendie (1783).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 470. Before him are Adela of France (1009), Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), Pierre Werner (1913), Chilperic of Aquitaine (600), Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), and Louis-François de Boufflers (1644). After him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Henry of Flanders (1174), William Clito (1102), Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), and Félix Gouin (1884).

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