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Louis Desaix

1768 - 1800

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Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (French: [lwi ʃaʁl ɑ̃twan dəzɛ]) (17 August 1768 – 14 June 1800) was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Desaix has received more than 232,746 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Louis Desaix is the 2,719th most popular politician (up from 2,730th in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from France (up from 931st in 2019) and the 212th most popular French Politician.

Louis Desaix is most famous for his role in the battle of Marengo in 1800.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Desaix ranks 2,719 out of 15,577Before him are Richard Walther Darré, Intef I, Habibullah Khan, Vicente Fox, Robert Peel, and Philip William, Elector Palatine. After him are Inessa Armand, Pharnaces II of Pontus, Marcel Cerdan, Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Ferdinand II of Portugal, and Pak Hon-yong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Louis Desaix ranks 9Before him are Joseph Bonaparte, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Frederick VI of Denmark, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Karađorđe. After him are Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, Tecumseh, and Nakşidil Sultan. Among people deceased in 1800, Louis Desaix ranks 4Before him are Jeongjo of Joseon, Alexander Suvorov, and Jean-Baptiste Kléber. After him are Niccolò Piccinni, Adélaïde of France, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Peter von Biron, Salawat Yulayev, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, Jean-Antoine Marbot, and George XII of Georgia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Desaix ranks 894 out of 6,011Before him are Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Joan the Lame (1293), Georges Couthon (1755), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), and Jacques MacDonald (1765). After him are Inessa Armand (1874), Bruno Latour (1947), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Auguste Mariette (1821), Arnaut Daniel (1150), and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Desaix ranks 212Before him are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), Joseph Babinski (1857), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Odo the Great (650), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), and Georges Couthon (1755). After him are Inessa Armand (1874), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Auguste Mariette (1821), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292).