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Joseph Gallieni

1849 - 1916

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Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 – 27 May 1916) was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies where he wrote several books on colonial affairs. He was recalled from retirement at the beginning of the First World War. As Military Governor of Paris he played an important role in the First Battle of the Marne, when Maunoury's Sixth Army, which was under his command, attacked the German west flank. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Gallieni has received more than 202,309 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Gallieni is the 587th most popular military personnel (down from 568th in 2019), the 1,604th most popular biography from France (down from 1,535th in 2019) and the 59th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Joseph Gallieni ranks 587 out of 2,058. Before him are Aleksei Antonov, Elyesa Bazna, John Hanning Speke, Gusztáv Jány, Milunka Savić, and Anton Dostler. After him are Taira no Masakado, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Günther Blumentritt, Johan Banér, Walter Krüger, and Husband E. Kimmel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Joseph Gallieni ranks 29. Before him are Armand Peugeot, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Saionji Kinmochi, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, and Vera Zasulich. After him are Hugo Riemann, Basil Zaharoff, Paul Rée, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Lord Randolph Churchill, and Georg Luger. Among people deceased in 1916, Joseph Gallieni ranks 46. Before him are Hugo Münsterberg, Pierre Duhem, Julius Fučík, Vasily Surikov, Cleveland Abbe, and Théodule-Armand Ribot. After him are Ōyama Iwao, Fredrik Idestam, Hans Richter, Antonio Sant'Elia, August Leskien, and Max Immelmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Gallieni ranks 1,604 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Mendès France (1907), Patrick Dewaere (1947), André de Montbard (1103), Marcel Renault (1872), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), and Claude, Duke of Guise (1496). After him are Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179), André Charles Boulle (1642), Hugh of Cluny (1024), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), and Henry Corbin (1903).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Joseph Gallieni ranks 59. Before him are Jacques MacDonald (1765), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Bob Denard (1929), Oenomaus (-105), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770). After him are Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Walter Krüger (1890), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Christian de Castries (1902), and Hubert Lyautey (1854).

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