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Jean Sylvain Bailly

1736 - 1793

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Jean Sylvain Bailly (French: [ʒɑ̃ silvɛ̃ baji]; 15 September 1736 – 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Sylvain Bailly has received more than 306,209 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Sylvain Bailly is the 2,114th most popular politician (down from 2,058th in 2019), the 726th most popular biography from France (down from 716th in 2019) and the 164th most popular French Politician.

Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer and mathematician who was most famous for being the first president of the National Assembly of France.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 2,114 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip, Duke of Parma, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, Vasily II of Moscow, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Peter II of Aragon, and Kenan Evren. After him are Emperor Taizong of Song, Princess Muna al-Hussein, John I of Castile, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Empress Suiko, and Chilperic II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 5. Before him are James Watt, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Rama I. After him are James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 13. Before him are Charlotte Corday, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, Madame Roland, and Jacques Pierre Brissot. After him are Alexander Roslin, Charles Bonnet, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Antoine Barnave, and John Hunter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 726 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert Bresson (1901), Jean Meslier (1664), Michèle Mercier (1939), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), René Clair (1898), and Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754). After him are Louis Le Vau (1612), François Darlan (1881), Charles Nicolle (1866), Raymond Queneau (1903), Claude of France (1499), and Peter Waldo (1140).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 164. Before him are François Ravaillac (1578), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Rudolph of France (890), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), and Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754). After him are François Darlan (1881), William Longsword (893), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Dom Pérignon (1639), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), and Eugène Edine Pottier (1816).

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