1897 - 1945
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, Joseph Darnand ranks 7,038 out of 15,577. Before 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.
11 - 100
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,032
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,033
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,034
1917 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,035
1860 - 1919
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,036
163 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,037
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,038
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,039
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,040
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,041
900 BC - 810 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,042
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,043
1954 - 2020
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 7,044
Among people born in 1897, Joseph Darnand ranks 103. Before 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 132. Before 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.
1897 - 1974
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 97
1897 - 1955
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 98
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 99
1897 - 1975
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 100
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 101
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 102
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 103
1897 - 1980
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 104
1897 - 1965
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 105
1897 - 1947
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 106
1897 - 1943
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 107
1897 - 1981
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 108
1897 - 1990
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 109
1890 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 126
1893 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 127
1863 - 1945
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 128
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 129
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 130
1872 - 1945
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 131
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 132
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 133
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 134
1902 - 1945
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 135
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 136
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 137
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 138
Among people born in France, Joseph Darnand ranks 2,105 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1877 - 1966
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2,099
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2,100
1810 - 1892
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2,101
1809 - 1896
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 2,102
1582 - 1628
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 2,103
1110 - 1196
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 2,104
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 2,105
1933 - 2012
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 2,106
1557 - 1608
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 2,107
1740 - 1814
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 2,108
1859 - 1928
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 2,109
1863 - 1932
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 2,110
1837 - 1924
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 2,111
Among politicians born in France, Joseph Darnand ranks 519. Before 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).
1174 - 1216
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 513
1870 - 1951
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 514
1740 - 1789
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 515
1767 - 1855
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 516
1579 - 1633
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 517
1906 - 1986
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 518
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 519
1859 - 1928
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 520
1414 - 1450
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 521
1628 - 1709
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 522
1513 - 1582
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 523
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 524
1125 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 525