1768 - 1813
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st duc d'Istrie (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist bɛsjɛʁ]; 6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother, Bertrand, followed in his footsteps and eventually became a divisional general. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Bessières has received more than 275,149 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Bessières is the 358th most popular military personnel (up from 374th in 2019), the 998th most popular biography from France (up from 1,077th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Military Personnel.
Jean-Baptiste Bessières was a Marshal of France and one of Napoleon's most trusted generals. He led troops in the Napoleonic Wars, including at the Battle of Waterloo.
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Among military personnels, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 358 out of 1,468. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Jean-Andoche Junot, Pierre Augereau, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Francisco de Miranda, and Mamai. After him are Mitsuo Fuchida, Thrasybulus, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Otto Kretschmer, Huang Zhong, and Kul Tigin.
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 352
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 353
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 354
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 355
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 356
1335 - 1380
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 357
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 358
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 359
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 360
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 361
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 362
148 - 220
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 363
685 - 731
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 364
Among people born in 1768, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 10. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Frederick VI of Denmark, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karađorđe, and Louis Desaix. After him are Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, Tecumseh, Nakşidil Sultan, and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1813, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 7. Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Mikhail Kutuzov, Józef Poniatowski, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, and Jean-Andoche Junot. After him are Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Christoph Martin Wieland, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, André Grétry, and Tecumseh.
1768 - 1848
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 4
1768 - 1793
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 5
1768 - 1839
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 6
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 7
1768 - 1817
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 8
1768 - 1800
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 9
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
1768 - 1835
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 11
1768 - 1821
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 12
1768 - 1797
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 13
1768 - 1813
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 14
1768 - 1817
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 15
1768 - 1810
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 16
1736 - 1813
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 1
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 2
1763 - 1813
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 3
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 4
1763 - 1813
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 5
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 6
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 7
1746 - 1813
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 8
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 9
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 10
1737 - 1813
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 11
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1768 - 1813
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 998 out of 6,011. Before him are Theodore Beza (1519), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), Jacques Demy (1931), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), and Annie Ernaux (1940). After him are Jean Rochefort (1930), Claude Cahun (1894), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), René Girard (1923), Antoine Galland (1646), and Charles-Marie Widor (1844).
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 992
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 993
1156 - 1222
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 994
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 995
1817 - 1907
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 996
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 997
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 998
1930 - 2017
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 999
1894 - 1954
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1,000
1216 - 1250
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 1,001
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,002
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,003
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,004
Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 41. Before him are Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Pierre Augereau (1757), and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847). After him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Henri Giraud (1879), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), La Hire (1390), Georges Picquart (1854), and Nicolas Chauvin (1790).
1739 - 1823
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 35
1889 - 1952
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 36
40 - 93
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 37
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 38
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 39
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 40
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 41
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 43
1763 - 1806
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 44
1390 - 1443
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 45
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 46
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 47