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POLITICIAN

Joseph Darnand

1897 - 1945

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Joseph Darnand (19 March 1897 – 10 October 1945) was a French collaborator with Nazi Germany during World War II. A decorated soldier in the French Army of World War I and early World War II, he went on to become the organizer and de facto leader of the Milice française, or French Militia, the collaborationist Vichy government's paramilitary police force. Darnand also served as an officer in the Waffen-SS. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Darnand has received more than 395,120 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joseph Darnand is the 7,038th most popular politician (down from 6,516th in 2019), the 2,105th most popular biography from France (down from 2,012th in 2019) and the 519th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Darnand ranks 7,038 out of 15,577Before him are Liu Penzi, Ambaghai, Arete, Phaedon Gizikis, Friedrich Naumann, and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus. After him are Józef Cyrankiewicz, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Salitis, Ishpuini of Urartu, Ali Kafi, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Joseph Darnand ranks 103Before him are Georgios Grivas, Manuel Ávila Camacho, George Szell, Fredric March, Herman J. Mankiewicz, and Tarjei Vesaas. After him are Olga Chekhova, Carl Oberg, Karol Świerczewski, Eric Knight, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Vaso Čubrilović. Among people deceased in 1945, Joseph Darnand ranks 132Before him are Seiichi Itō, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Alexander Siloti, Hajime Sugiyama, Leonardo Conti, and Eduard Bloch. After him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Zinaida Gippius, Hans von Dohnanyi, Duy Tân, Korechika Anami, and Julius Dorpmüller.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Darnand ranks 2,105 out of 6,011Before him are Edmond Locard (1877), Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926), Jules Perrot (1810), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582), and Maurice de Sully (1110). After him are Maurice André (1933), Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (1557), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Léon Duguit (1859), Émile Friant (1863), and Théodore Dubois (1837).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Joseph Darnand ranks 519Before him are Henry of Flanders (1174), François Georges-Picot (1870), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), and Pierre Fournier (1906). After him are Léon Duguit (1859), Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513), Pierre Messmer (1916), and Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125).