MILITARY PERSONNEL

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

1712 - 1759

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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒozɛf də mɔ̃kalm ɡozɔ̃]; 28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is also referred to as the French and Indian War). Montcalm was born in Candiac near Nîmes in France to a noble family, and entered military service early in life. He saw service in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, where his distinguished service led to promotion to brigadier general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm has received more than 699,038 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis-Joseph de Montcalm is the 744th most popular military personnel (up from 749th in 2019), the 1,988th most popular biography from France (down from 1,971st in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 744 out of 2,058. Before him are Herbert Kappler, Artur Phleps, Iosif Gurko, Artabazos II, George B. McClellan, and Julius von Payer. After him are Jean II Le Maingre, Ottavio Piccolomini, William Iron Arm, Max von Gallwitz, Doc Holliday, and Fritz Freitag.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 11. Before him are Francesco Guardi, Sayat-Nova, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, and Tokugawa Ieshige. After him are Francesco Algarotti, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Toriyama Sekien, George Grenville, Johann Samuel König, and Claude Bourgelat. Among people deceased in 1759, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 7. Before him are George Frideric Handel, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Louise Élisabeth of France, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, and Carl Heinrich Graun. After him are Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Alamgir II, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, and Ewald Christian von Kleist.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 1,988 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Sautet (1924), Lothair II of Italy (1000), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), Mélanie Bonis (1858), Robert de Boron (1110), and Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950). After him are Zénaïde Bonaparte (1801), Jean Goujon (1510), Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Robert Pires (1973), Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (1166), and Roger Pingeon (1940).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 76. Before him are Heinz Harmel (1906), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), Raoul Salan (1899), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), and Jules Brunet (1838). After him are Jean II Le Maingre (1366), William Iron Arm (1010), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), and Aimable Pélissier (1794).

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