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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

1680 - 1767

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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville has received more than 213,749 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville is the 384th most popular explorer, the 378th most popular biography from Canada and the 6th most popular Canadian Explorer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 384 out of 405. Before him are Pyotr Anjou, George Nares, Jacques Labillardière, John Colter, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, and Gennady Nevelskoy. After him are Anthony de la Roché, Tobias Furneaux, Boris Vilkitsky, Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, and Jacques Bernard Hombron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 17. Before him are Ephraim Chambers, Emanuele d'Astorga, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, John Machin, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, and Philippe Néricault Destouches. After him is John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1767, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 18. Before him are Firmin Abauzit, Giacomo Ceruti, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, and Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him is Charles Townshend.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 378 out of 1,350. Before him are Édouard Gagnon (1918), David Hall (1875), Frances Bay (1919), Duncan Regehr (1952), Daniel Powter (1971), and William Kahan (1933). After him are Alex Wilson (1905), Louise Penny (1958), Megan Follows (1968), Todd McFarlane (1961), Anke Engelke (1965), and Grimes (1988).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 6. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Louis Jolliet (1645), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and Edward Belcher (1799).

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