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Jacques Hébert

1757 - 1794

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Jacques René Hébert (French: [ʒak ʁəne ebɛʁ]; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and leader of the French Revolution. As the founder and editor of the radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne, he had thousands of followers as the Hébertists (French Hébertistes). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Hébert has received more than 410,820 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Hébert is the 468th most popular writer (down from 412th in 2019), the 561st most popular biography from France (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Writer.

Jacques Hébert was a journalist, a member of the French National Convention, and a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was famous for his radical opinions and for his role in the Reign of Terror.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.16

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  • 2.61

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Hébert ranks 468 out of 5,755. Before him are Wu Cheng'en, Enheduanna, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Henry IV of Castile, René Guénon, and Wolfram von Eschenbach. After him are Grazia Deledda, William Makepeace Thackeray, Octavio Paz, Boris Vian, Savitribai Phule, and Jules Michelet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Jacques Hébert ranks 5. Before him are Charles X of France, William Blake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and Antonio Canova. After him are 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 1794, Jacques Hébert ranks 9. Before him are Georges Danton, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Cesare Beccaria, Marquis de Condorcet, Camille Desmoulins, and Edward Gibbon. After him are Élisabeth of France, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Georges Couthon, André Chénier, William Jones, and Augustin Robespierre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Hébert ranks 561 out of 6,011. Before him are René Guénon (1886), Luc Besson (1959), Childebert I (497), Antipope Clement VII (1342), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), and Ansgar (801). After him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Paul Sabatier (1854), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Boris Vian (1920), and Jules Michelet (1798).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Hébert ranks 82. Before him are Ève Curie (1904), Anaïs Nin (1903), William of Rubruck (1220), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), and René Guénon (1886). After him are Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), Gaston Leroux (1868), Alfred de Musset (1810), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), and Héloïse (1101).

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