Public Worker

Joseph Fouché

1759 - 1820

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Joseph Fouché

His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Joseph Fouché is the 4th most popular public worker, the 317th most popular biography from France (down from 236th in 2019) and the most popular French Public Worker.

Joseph Fouché was a French politician and police chief. He is most famous for being the head of the police during the reign of Napoleon.

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Among Public Workers

Among public workers, Joseph Fouché ranks 4 out of 15. Before him are Draco, Emperor Taishō, and Alois Hitler. After him are Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Robert Walpole, Thomas Cromwell, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Markus Wolf, and Violet Jessop.

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Draco
650 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 1
Emperor Taishō
1879 - 1926
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 2
Alois Hitler
1837 - 1903
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 3
Joseph Fouché
1759 - 1820
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 4
Mikhail Kalinin
1875 - 1946
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 5
Gaius Maecenas
68 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 6
Demetrius of Phalerum
350 BC - 282 BC
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 7
Robert Walpole
1676 - 1745
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 8
Thomas Cromwell
1485 - 1540
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 9
Ali Hassan al-Majid
1941 - 2010
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 10
Markus Wolf
1923 - 2006
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 11
Violet Jessop
1887 - 1971
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Joseph Fouché ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Schiller, Georges Danton, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are William Pitt the Younger, Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, James Edward Smith, Maria Feodorovna, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Clotilde of France. Among people deceased in 1820, Joseph Fouché ranks 2. Before him is George III. After him are Jiaqing Emperor, Daniel Boone, Elisa Bonaparte, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, François Christophe de Kellermann, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, François Joseph Lefebvre, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Manuel Belgrano, and Joseph Banks.

Others Born in 1759

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Friedrich Schiller
WRITER
1759 - 1805
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 1
Georges Danton
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1794
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 2
Mary Wollstonecraft
WRITER
1759 - 1797
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 3
Joseph Fouché
PUBLIC WORKER
1759 - 1820
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 4
William Pitt the Younger
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1806
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 5
Robert Burns
WRITER
1759 - 1796
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 6
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1824
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 7
James Edward Smith
BIOLOGIST
1759 - 1828
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 8
Maria Feodorovna
COMPANION
1759 - 1828
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 9
Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1805
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 10
Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1838
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 11
Clotilde of France
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1802
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1820

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George III
NOBLEMAN
1738 - 1820
HPI: 89.11
Rank: 1
Joseph Fouché
PUBLIC WORKER
1759 - 1820
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 2
Jiaqing Emperor
POLITICIAN
1760 - 1820
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 3
Daniel Boone
EXPLORER
1734 - 1820
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 4
Elisa Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1777 - 1820
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 5
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1820
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 6
François Christophe de Kellermann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1735 - 1820
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 7
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1771 - 1820
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 8
François Joseph Lefebvre
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1755 - 1820
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 9
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1820
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 10
Manuel Belgrano
POLITICIAN
1770 - 1820
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 11
Joseph Banks
BIOLOGIST
1743 - 1820
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 12

In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Fouché ranks 317 out of NaN. Before him are Jean Gabin (1904), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Germaine de Staël (1766), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), and Pierre Corneille (1606). After him are Patrick Modiano (1945), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), Mireille Mathieu (1946), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), Jacques de Molay (1243), and Richard I of Normandy (933).

Others born in France

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Jean Gabin
ACTOR
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 311
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
NOBLEMAN
1775 - 1844
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 312
Germaine de Staël
WRITER
1766 - 1817
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 313
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
NOBLEMAN
1640 - 1701
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 314
Henry Louis Le Chatelier
CHEMIST
1850 - 1936
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 315
Pierre Corneille
WRITER
1606 - 1684
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 316
Joseph Fouché
PUBLIC WORKER
1759 - 1820
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 317
Patrick Modiano
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 318
Louis, Duke of Burgundy
POLITICIAN
1682 - 1712
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 319
Mireille Mathieu
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 320
Jean Baptiste Perrin
PHYSICIST
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 321
Jacques de Molay
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1243 - 1314
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 322
Richard I of Normandy
POLITICIAN
933 - 996
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 323