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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

1725 - 1807

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Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French nobleman and general whose army played a critical role in helping the United States defeat the British Army at Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau has received more than 1,149,430 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau is the 800th most popular military personnel (up from 952nd in 2019), the 2,137th most popular biography from France (up from 2,569th in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ranks 800 out of 1,468Before him are Vladimir Gelfand, Yekaterina Budanova, Gunichi Mikawa, Nureddin Pasha, Dietrich von Saucken, and Karl Ernst. After him are Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Walter Stennes, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Philip Sheridan, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, and Henri Gouraud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ranks 15Before him are Ludovico Manin, Suzuki Harunobu, Henry Benedict Stuart, John Newton, Pyotr Rumyantsev, and Ahilyabai Holkar. After him are Franz Moritz von Lacy, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Guillaume Le Gentil, Arthur Guinness, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1807, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ranks 13Before him are Henry Benedict Stuart, George Atwood, John Newton, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Osman Pazvantoğlu, and Jacob Philipp Hackert. After him are Nikolai Rezanov, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Alexander Ypsilantis, and Johannes Nikolaus Tetens.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ranks 2,137 out of 6,011Before him are Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Edgard Varèse (1883), Philippe Garrel (1948), Guibert of Nogent (1055), and Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755). After him are Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Jacques Audiard (1952), Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614), Jean Girault (1924), Ivo of Chartres (1040), and Jean Françaix (1912).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ranks 86Before him are Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), William Iron Arm (1010), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), and Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771). After him are Henri Gouraud (1867), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Jacques Massu (1908), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), and Hans von Salmuth (1888).