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Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve

1756 - 1794

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Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom petjɔ̃ də vilnœv]; 3 January 1756 – 18 June 1794) was a French writer and politician who served as the second mayor of Paris, from 1791 to 1792, and the first regular president of the National Convention in 1792. During the French Revolution, he was associated with the moderate Girondins, and voted against the immediate execution of Louis XVI at the king's trial in January 1793, though he supported a suspended sentence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve has received more than 223,397 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve is the 12,992nd most popular politician (down from 8,278th in 2019), the 3,925th most popular biography from France (down from 2,485th in 2019) and the 811th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 12,992 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Zakharchenko, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, Rain-in-the-Face, Fabre Geffrard, Edgar Jung, and Dionysius of Heraclea. After him are Anatoly Pepelyayev, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Vladimír Špidla, Yury of Zvenigorod, Enlil-bani, and Ólafur Thors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 35. Before him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Trumbull, François Chabot, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Herman of Alaska, and Jan Śniadecki. After him are Henry Raeburn, Michael von Kienmayer, Everard Home, Francesca Lebrun, Georg Friedrich von Martens, and Henry Lee III. Among people deceased in 1794, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 63. Before him are Isaac René Guy le Chapelier, Maurice d'Elbée, Antonio Rinaldi, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, François Chabot, and Justus Möser. After him are Richard Henry Lee, and John Roebuck.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 3,925 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Gabrielle Wittkop (1920), Rémy Belleau (1528), Émile Coste (1862), and Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715). After him are Wolfgang Windgassen (1914), Henri Decoin (1890), Peire Cardenal (1180), Antoine Risso (1777), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), and Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 811. Before him are Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Pierre Poujade (1920), Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Gaston Defferre (1910), René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), and Bernard Cazeneuve (1963). After him are Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939), Philippe de Villiers (1949), Simone Segouin (1925), Cecilia of Normandy (1056), Robert Buron (1910), and Patrick Devedjian (1944).

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