MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jean-Baptiste Kléber

1753 - 1800

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Jean-Baptiste Kléber (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist klebɛʁ]; 9 March 1753 – 14 June 1800) was a French military officer who served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and the French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for one year in the French Royal Army, he joined the army of the Holy Roman Empire seven years later. However, his humble birth hindered his opportunities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Kléber has received more than 312,459 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Kléber is the 191st most popular military personnel (up from 241st in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from France (up from 683rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Military Personnel.

Jean-Baptiste Kléber is most famous for his military leadership in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was a general in the French Revolutionary Army who commanded the French forces in several battles. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Pyramids in Egypt.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jean-Baptiste Kléber ranks 191 out of 2,058. Before him are Josip Jelačić, Mikhail Frunze, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Maxime Weygand, Ernst Busch, and Johannes Blaskowitz. After him are Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Giovanni Giustiniani, Syagrius, Date Masamune, and Dietrich von Choltitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Jean-Baptiste Kléber ranks 4. Before him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Joseph de Maistre, and Lazare Carnot. After him are Utamaro, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Benjamin Thompson, Phillis Wheatley, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1800, Jean-Baptiste Kléber ranks 3. Before him are Alexander Suvorov, and Jeongjo of Joseon. After him are Adélaïde of France, Louis Desaix, Niccolò Piccinni, Salawat Yulayev, Peter von Biron, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, George XII of Georgia, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, and Jean-Antoine Marbot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Kléber ranks 600 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Lazare Carnot (1753), Anaïs Nin (1903), Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), Alain Resnais (1922), and Salome Zourabichvili (1952). After him are Alfred Jarry (1873), Jacques Charles (1763), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), Camille Flammarion (1842), and Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Kléber ranks 21. Before him are Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Joseph Joffre (1852), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Auguste de Marmont (1774), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712). After him are Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Syagrius (430), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), and Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763).

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