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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

1767 - 1794

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Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ʒyst]; 25 August 1767 – 10 Thermidor, Year II [28 July 1794]), sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a major figure of the French Revolution. As the youngest member elected to the National Convention, Saint-Just belonged to the Mountain faction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just has received more than 1,038,152 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Louis Antoine de Saint-Just is the 718th most popular politician (up from 729th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from France (down from 281st in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Politician.

Saint-Just is most famous for his role in the French Revolution. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety and advocated for the execution of the king.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ranks 718 out of 19,576Before him are Wang Mang, Leo III the Isaurian, John Zápolya, Stefan Dušan, Yitzhak Shamir, and Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy. After him are Sigismund II Augustus, Pedro I of Brazil, Peter I of Serbia, Ion Antonescu, Jair Bolsonaro, and Justin Trudeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ranks 4Before him are Andrew Jackson, Joachim Murat, and Wilhelm von Humboldt. After him are John Quincy Adams, Jean-Baptiste Say, John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Nicolas Oudinot, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Among people deceased in 1794, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ranks 4Before him are Antoine Lavoisier, Maximilien Robespierre, and Georges Danton. After him are Cesare Beccaria, Camille Desmoulins, Marquis de Condorcet, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Edward Gibbon, Jacques Hébert, Élisabeth of France, and André Chénier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ranks 289 out of 6,770Before him are Frédéric Mistral (1830), Désirée Clary (1777), Pope Sylvester II (938), Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Francis de Sales (1567), and Mireille Mathieu (1946). After him are Roger Vadim (1928), François Quesnay (1694), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Robert II of France (972), and J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ranks 71Before him are Philip I of France (1052), Henry I of France (1008), Charles I of Anjou (1226), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Philip the Good (1396), and Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058). After him are Robert II of France (972), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), John I of France (1316), and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748).