1743 - 1793
Jean-Paul Marat (UK: , US: , French: [ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa]; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, a radical voice, and published his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Paul Marat has received more than 2,534,124 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Paul Marat is the 13th most popular social activist, the 10th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 11th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Social Activist.
Jean-Paul Marat was a French revolutionary. He is most famous for being assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
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Among social activists, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 13 out of 538. Before him are Mother Teresa, Henry Dunant, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Helen Keller, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. After him are Aung San Suu Kyi, Claus von Stauffenberg, Guy Fawkes, Robert Owen, Rosa Parks, and Lady Godiva.
1910 - 1997
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 7
1828 - 1910
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 8
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 9
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 10
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 11
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 12
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 13
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 14
1907 - 1944
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 15
1570 - 1606
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 16
1771 - 1858
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 17
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 18
990 - 1067
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 19
Among people born in 1743, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Jefferson and Antoine Lavoisier. After him are Madame du Barry, Luigi Boccherini, Alessandro Cagliostro, Marquis de Condorcet, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Toussaint Louverture, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Carl Peter Thunberg. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 3. Before him are Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI of France. After him are Charlotte Corday, Madame du Barry, Olympe de Gouges, Carlo Goldoni, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Francesco Guardi.
1743 - 1826
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 1
1743 - 1794
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 3
1743 - 1793
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 4
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 5
1743 - 1795
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 6
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 7
1743 - 1808
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 8
1743 - 1803
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 9
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 10
1743 - 1819
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 11
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 12
1755 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 1
1754 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 3
1768 - 1793
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 4
1743 - 1793
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 5
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 6
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 7
1747 - 1793
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 8
1749 - 1793
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 9
1736 - 1793
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 10
1754 - 1793
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 11
1712 - 1793
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 12
Among people born in Switzerland, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 10 out of 876. Before him are Paracelsus (1493), Carl Jung (1875), Jean Piaget (1896), Henry Dunant (1828), Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746). After him are Sepp Blatter (1936), Paul Klee (1879), Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Johanna Spyri (1827), and Francesco Borromini (1599).
1493 - 1541
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 4
1875 - 1961
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 5
1896 - 1980
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 6
1828 - 1910
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 7
1857 - 1913
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 8
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 9
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 10
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 11
1879 - 1940
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 12
1484 - 1531
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 13
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 14
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 15
1599 - 1667
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 16
Among social activists born in Switzerland, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 3. Before him are Henry Dunant (1828) and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746). After him are Élie Ducommun (1833), Hector Hodler (1887), Felix Manz (1498), and Bruno Manser (1954).
1828 - 1910
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 1
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 3
1833 - 1906
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 4
1887 - 1920
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 5
1498 - 1527
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 6
1954 - 2005
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 7