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Jacques Lauriston

1768 - 1828

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Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, marquis de Lauriston (French pronunciation: [ʒak alɛksɑ̃dʁ bɛʁnaʁ lo]; 1 February 1768 – 12 June 1828) was a French soldier and diplomat of Scottish and Portuguese descent, and a general officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Pondicherry in French India, where his father, Jean Law de Lauriston, was Governor-General. Jean Law de Lauriston was a nephew of the financier John Law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Lauriston has received more than 79,833 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Lauriston is the 11,661st most popular politician (down from 10,246th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from India (down from 349th in 2019) and the 139th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques Lauriston ranks 11,661 out of 19,576Before him are Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, Valentina Grizodubova, Max von Hausen, Alberto Demicheli, John, Duke of Randazzo, and Chu Suiliang. After him are Abdul Qadir, Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, Ptolemy of Cyprus, Jaan Anvelt, and Sandro Rosell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Jacques Lauriston ranks 32Before him are Kaʻahumanu, Elizabeth Monroe, Zacharias Werner, Johann Michael Vogl, Maria Wirtemberska, and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford. After him are Jędrzej Śniadecki, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Maria Edgeworth, Anthony Carlisle, Karl Ludwig von Haller, and Louise Caroline of Hochberg. Among people deceased in 1828, Jacques Lauriston ranks 28Before him are Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Gilbert Stuart, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet. After him are Eise Eisinga, François Isaac de Rivaz, Albrecht Thaer, Christian August Lorentzen, Michael von Kienmayer, and Manuel Dorrego.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jacques Lauriston ranks 430 out of 1,861Before him are Hemu (1501), Guru Har Rai (1630), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), M. F. Husain (1915), and Udham Singh (1899). After him are Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Mahbub ul Haq (1934), B. V. Doshi (1927), Phoolan Devi (1963), and D. R. Kaprekar (1905).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jacques Lauriston ranks 139Before him are Kiran Bedi (1949), Vichitravirya (null), Man Singh I (1550), Prince Vijaya (-543), Hemu (1501), and Guru Har Rai (1630). After him are Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Phoolan Devi (1963), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), Jhalkaribai (1830), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), and Fatima Sheikh (1831).