1743 - 1793
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame du Barry has received more than 1,182,368 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Madame du Barry is the 36th most popular companion (down from 29th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from France (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Companion.
Madame du Barry was a mistress of Louis XV and became the most famous courtesan of the 18th century.
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Among companions, Madame du Barry ranks 36 out of 687. Before her are Klara Hitler, Maria Theresa of Spain, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Olympias, Victoria, Princess Royal, and Elisabeth of Valois. After her are Marie Leszczyńska, Eugénie de Montijo, Caroline of Ansbach, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Salman the Persian, and Isabella of France.
1860 - 1907
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 30
1638 - 1683
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 31
1943 - Present
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 32
375 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 33
1840 - 1901
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 34
1545 - 1568
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 35
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 36
1703 - 1768
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 37
1826 - 1920
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 38
1683 - 1737
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 39
1892 - 1989
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 40
568 - 657
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 41
1295 - 1358
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 42
Among people born in 1743, Madame du Barry ranks 4. Before her are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, and Jean-Paul Marat. After her are Luigi Boccherini, Alessandro Cagliostro, Marquis de Condorcet, Toussaint Louverture, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Edmund Cartwright, and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. Among people deceased in 1793, Madame du Barry ranks 5. Before her are Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette, Jean-Paul Marat, and Olympe de Gouges. After her are Charlotte Corday, Carlo Goldoni, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Madame Roland, Jean Sylvain Bailly, and Francesco Guardi.
1743 - 1826
HPI: 92.69
Rank: 1
1743 - 1794
HPI: 86.09
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 3
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 4
1743 - 1805
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 5
1743 - 1795
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 6
1743 - 1794
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 7
1743 - 1803
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 8
1743 - 1808
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 9
1743 - 1817
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 10
1743 - 1823
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 11
1743 - 1819
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 12
1754 - 1793
HPI: 88.73
Rank: 1
1755 - 1793
HPI: 88.67
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 3
1748 - 1793
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 4
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 5
1768 - 1793
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 6
1707 - 1793
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 7
1747 - 1793
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 8
1749 - 1793
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 9
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 10
1736 - 1793
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 11
1712 - 1793
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Madame du Barry ranks 242 out of 5,234. Before her are Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Henri Charrière (1906), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), and Pope Leo IX (1002). After her are Berthe Morisot (1841), Philip I of France (1052), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Charlotte Corday (1768), and Paul Signac (1863).
1545 - 1568
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 236
1906 - 1973
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 237
1640 - 1707
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 238
1799 - 1859
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 239
1732 - 1806
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 240
1002 - 1054
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 241
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 242
1841 - 1895
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 243
1052 - 1108
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 244
1760 - 1825
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 245
1613 - 1680
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 246
1768 - 1793
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 247
1863 - 1935
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 248
Among companions born in France, Madame du Barry ranks 5. Before her are Madame de Pompadour (1721), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), and Elisabeth of Valois (1545). After her are Isabella of France (1295), Claude of France (1499), Désirée Clary (1777), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Brigitte Macron (1953), and Henrietta Maria of France (1609).
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 1
1635 - 1719
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 2
1768 - 1844
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 3
1545 - 1568
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 4
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 5
1295 - 1358
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 6
1499 - 1524
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 7
1777 - 1860
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 8
1783 - 1837
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 9
1290 - 1315
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 11
1609 - 1669
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 12