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Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

1749 - 1791

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Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau (French pronunciation: [miʁabo]; 9 March 1749 – 2 April 1791) was a French writer, orator, statesman and a prominent figure of the early stages of the French Revolution. A member of the nobility, Mirabeau had been involved in numerous scandals that had left his reputation in ruins. Well-known for his oratory skills, Mirabeau quickly rose to the top of the French political hierarchy following his election to the Estates-General in 1789, and was recognized as a leader of the newly organized National Assembly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau has received more than 771,339 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau is the 280th most popular writer (down from 258th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from France (down from 304th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Writer.

Gabriel Honoré Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau is most famous for his advocacy of the abolition of feudalism and the introduction of a constitutional monarchy.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ranks 280 out of 5,755Before him are Guillaume de Machaut, C. S. Lewis, Paul Valéry, Antonin Artaud, Marcus Terentius Varro, and Shota Rustaveli. After him are Eugenio Montale, Primo Levi, Amos Oz, Tomas Tranströmer, Robert Musil, and Archilochus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ranks 5Before him are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Edward Jenner, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Christian VII of Denmark. After him are Nicolas Appert, Domenico Cimarosa, Yolande de Polastron, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Daniel Rutherford, and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. Among people deceased in 1791, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ranks 3Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Grigory Potemkin. After him are John Wesley, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Jacob Frank, Joseph Gaertner, Ignaz von Born, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, João de Loureiro, and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ranks 325 out of 6,011Before him are Carlo Buonaparte (1746), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Sophie Germain (1776), Paul Valéry (1871), and Antonin Artaud (1896). After him are Denis Papin (1647), Marcel Marceau (1923), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Claude of France (1499), Olivier Messiaen (1908), and Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ranks 50Before him are Frédéric Mistral (1830), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise Sagan (1935), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Paul Valéry (1871), and Antonin Artaud (1896). After him are Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Prosper Mérimée (1803), Gregory of Tours (538), François Mauriac (1885), and Georges Bataille (1897).