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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Louise Michel

1830 - 1905

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Louise Michel (French: [lwiz miʃɛl] ; 29 May 1830 – 9 January 1905) was a teacher and important figure in the Paris Commune. Following her penal transportation to New Caledonia she embraced anarchism. When returning to France she emerged as an important French anarchist and went on speaking tours across Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Michel has received more than 468,214 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Louise Michel is the 100th most popular social activist (up from 110th in 2019), the 947th most popular biography from France (up from 1,144th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Social Activist.

Louise Michel was a French anarchist and feminist who was most famous for her role in the Paris Commune.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Louise Michel ranks 100 out of 538Before her are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Marinus van der Lubbe, René Cassin, Syed Ahmad Khan, Pier Gerlofs Donia, and Jenny von Westphalen. After her are Emilia Plater, An Jung-geun, Susan B. Anthony, José Rizal, Zhang Jue, and Yun Chi-ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Louise Michel ranks 15Before her are Hector Malot, Julius Lothar Meyer, Porfirio Díaz, Eadweard Muybridge, Isma'il Pasha, and Hans von Bülow. After her are Étienne-Jules Marey, Élisée Reclus, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Frederic Leighton, Ōkubo Toshimichi, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1905, Louise Michel ranks 10Before her are Ernst Abbe, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Adolph Menzel. After her are Carl Wernicke, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Walther Flemming, and Albert Edelfelt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louise Michel ranks 947 out of 6,011Before her are Carolus Clusius (1525), Leonard of Noblac (496), Gaston Maspero (1846), Louis II of Anjou (1377), Martin Bucer (1491), and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763). After her are Pierre Janet (1859), Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Thomas Couture (1815), and Gilbert Bécaud (1927).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Louise Michel ranks 6Before her are Charlotte Corday (1768), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), and René Cassin (1887). After her are Flora Tristan (1803), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Jacques Roux (1752), Abbé Pierre (1912), and René Just Haüy (1743).