1762 - 1833
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan (29 April 1762 – 23 November 1833), was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804. He was also a Jacobin politician during the Directory phase of the French Revolution, serving as member of the Council of Five Hundred between 1797 and 1799.One of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary Army, Jourdan is best remembered in the Revolution for leading the French to a decisive victory over the First Coalition at the Battle of Fleurus, during the Flanders campaign. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan has received more than 314,492 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Jourdan is the 367th most popular military personnel (up from 373rd in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,076th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Military Personnel.
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was a French general who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He is most famous for leading the French army to victory at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794.
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Among military personnels, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 367 out of 1,468. Before him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Otto Kretschmer, Huang Zhong, Kul Tigin, Georg von Frundsberg, and Vasily Arkhipov. After him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Datis, Henri Giraud, Choe Yeong, Luigi Cadorna, and Viktor Lutze.
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
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 365
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 366
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 367
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 368
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 369
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 370
1316 - 1388
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 371
1850 - 1928
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 372
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 373
Among people born in 1762, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 5. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, George IV of the United Kingdom, Constanze Mozart, and André Chénier. After him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Gia Long, Theroigne de Mericourt, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jacques Balmat, and Pierre André Latreille. Among people deceased in 1833, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 11. Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Marie-Antoine Carême, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh Glass, and William Wilberforce. After him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Abbas Mirza, Pierre André Latreille, and Edmund Kean.
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 1
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 2
1762 - 1842
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 3
1762 - 1794
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 4
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 5
1762 - 1770
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 6
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 7
1762 - 1817
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 8
1762 - 1806
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 9
1762 - 1802
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 10
1762 - 1834
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 11
1762 - 1833
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 12
1752 - 1833
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 5
1754 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 6
1784 - 1833
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 7
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 8
1783 - 1833
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 9
1759 - 1833
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 10
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 11
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 12
1774 - 1833
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
1765 - 1833
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 14
1789 - 1833
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 15
1762 - 1833
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 16
1787 - 1833
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 17
Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 1,022 out of 6,011. Before him are Joseph Liouville (1809), Abel Gance (1889), Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), and Henri, Prince of Condé (1588). After him are Jean de Joinville (1224), Claudine Auger (1941), Jules de Polignac (1780), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670), and Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850).
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,016
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,017
1895 - 1964
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,018
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,019
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 1,020
1588 - 1646
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 1,021
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 1,022
1224 - 1317
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 1,023
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 1,024
1780 - 1847
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 1,025
1895 - 1945
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,026
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,027
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,028
Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 42. Before him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Pierre Augereau (1757), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), and Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768). After him are Henri Giraud (1879), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), La Hire (1390), Georges Picquart (1854), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770).
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
1770 - 1826
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 48