1721 - 1794
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 176,739 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes is the 6,485th most popular politician (down from 5,698th in 2019), the 1,929th most popular biography from France (down from 1,765th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular French Politician.
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Among politicians, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 6,485 out of 15,577. Before him are Deokjong of Goryeo, Mithridates II of Parthia, Duqaq, 10th Dalai Lama, Alois Eliáš, and Agostino Chigi. After him are Wilhelm Kettler, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Zoltán of Hungary, Gallus Anonymus, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Mateusz Morawiecki.
1016 - 1034
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,479
150 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,480
1100 - 1104
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,481
1816 - 1837
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,482
1890 - 1942
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,483
1465 - 1520
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6,484
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,485
1574 - 1640
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,486
1906 - 1963
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,487
896 - 949
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,488
1010 - 1145
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,489
1818 - 1881
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,490
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6,491
Among people born in 1721, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 7. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, Bernardo Bellotto, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, and Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano. After him are Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Tobias Smollett, Samuel von Brukenthal, Johann Kirnberger, and Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud. Among people deceased in 1794, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 29. Before him are Rudolf Erich Raspe, Sheikh Mansur, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, James Lind, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, and Gottfried August Bürger. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Paisius Velichkovsky, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, and Lotf Ali Khan.
1721 - 1764
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 1
1721 - 1780
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2
1721 - 1773
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 3
1721 - 1774
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 4
1721 - 1765
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 5
1721 - 1778
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 6
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 7
1721 - 1792
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 8
1721 - 1794
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 9
1721 - 1771
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 10
1721 - 1803
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 11
1721 - 1783
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 12
1721 - 1803
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 13
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 23
1750 - 1794
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 24
1756 - 1794
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 25
1716 - 1794
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 26
1772 - 1794
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 27
1747 - 1794
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 28
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 29
1730 - 1794
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 30
1735 - 1794
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 31
1722 - 1794
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 32
1727 - 1794
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 33
1727 - 1794
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 34
1769 - 1794
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 35
Among people born in France, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 1,929 out of 6,011. Before him are Rodulfus Glaber (985), Henri de Régnier (1864), Franck Pourcel (1913), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489), and Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915). After him are Aimable Pélissier (1794), Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), René-Louis Baire (1874), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Henri Cornet (1884), and Alain Juppé (1945).
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,923
1864 - 1936
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,924
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,925
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,926
1489 - 1525
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,927
1915 - 2000
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,928
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,929
1794 - 1864
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,930
1767 - 1855
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,931
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,932
1675 - 1747
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,933
1884 - 1941
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,934
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,935
Among politicians born in France, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes ranks 482. Before him are Phillipe de Plessis (1165), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578), Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489), and Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915). After him are Alain Juppé (1945), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), Jean Castex (1965), Roland Bonaparte (1858), Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747), and Jacques Cathelineau (1759).
1165 - 1209
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 476
1571 - 1640
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 477
1767 - 1820
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 478
1578 - 1621
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 479
1489 - 1525
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 480
1915 - 2000
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 481
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 482
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 483
1942 - 2023
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 484
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 485
1858 - 1924
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 486
1747 - 1768
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 487
1759 - 1793
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 488