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Léon Gambetta

1838 - 1882

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Léon Gambetta (French: [leɔ̃ ɡɑ̃bɛta]; 2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Gambetta has received more than 385,302 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Gambetta is the 2,553rd most popular politician (up from 2,610th in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from France (up from 871st in 2019) and the 194th most popular French Politician.

Léon Gambetta was a French statesman and one of the most important figures in the French Third Republic. He is most famous for his leadership during the Franco-Prussian War, and for being the author of the first constitution of the Third Republic.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Léon Gambetta ranks 2,553 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahaziah of Judah, Sa'id of Egypt, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Alexander Ypsilantis, and Musa ibn Nusayr. After him are Fusu, Mursili I, Maria Mandl, Bachir Gemayel, Emperor Nakamikado, and Thomas Palaiologos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Léon Gambetta ranks 12. Before him are Jan Matejko, Luís I of Portugal, Tobias Asser, Ernest Solvay, Franz Brentano, and Émile Loubet. After him are Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Yamagata Aritomo, Anton Mauve, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Liliʻuokalani. Among people deceased in 1882, Léon Gambetta ranks 12. Before him are Theodor Schwann, Jesse James, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Bruno Bauer, William Stanley Jevons, and Francesco Hayez. After him are Louis Blanc, Joseph Liouville, Mary Todd Lincoln, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Vasily Perov, and Ewelina Hańska.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Gambetta ranks 855 out of 6,770. Before him are Dora Maar (1907), Bertrada of Laon (720), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Pierre Janssen (1824), Bruno Cremer (1929), and Alain-René Lesage (1668). After him are Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Georges Picquart (1854), Françoise Dorléac (1942), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), and Alfred de Vigny (1797).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Léon Gambetta ranks 194. Before him are Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Mary of Guise (1515), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Georges Couthon (1755), and Paul Reynaud (1878). After him are Louis Desaix (1768), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Armand Fallières (1841), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), Victoire of France (1733), and Dagobert II (650).

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