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Napoleon

1769 - 1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military officer and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then of the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815. Born on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin, Napoleon moved to mainland France in 1779 and was commissioned as an officer in the French Royal Army in 1785. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Napoleon has received more than 51,564,589 page views. His biography is available in 205 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 199 in 2019). Napoleon is the most popular politician, the most popular biography from France and the most popular French Politician.

Napoleon is most famous for his military conquests and the establishment of the Napoleonic Code.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Napoleon ranks 1 out of 19,576. After him are Adolf Hitler, Charlemagne, Donald Trump, Julius Caesar, Louis XIV of France, Suleiman the Magnificent, Joseph Stalin, Thomas Jefferson, Saladin, Vladimir Lenin, and Jimmy Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Napoleon ranks 1. After him are Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Michel Ney, Georges Cuvier, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean Lannes, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ivan Krylov, André-Jacques Garnerin, and Thomas Lawrence. Among people deceased in 1821, Napoleon ranks 1. After him are John Keats, Joseph de Maistre, Caroline of Brunswick, John William Polidori, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Franz Karl Achard, Johann Jacob Schweppe, William I, Elector of Hesse, Tudor Vladimirescu, Gregory V of Constantinople, and Jean Rapp.

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In France

Among people born in France, Napoleon ranks 1 out of 6,770. After him are Louis XIV of France (1638), René Descartes (1596), Blaise Pascal (1623), Joan of Arc (1412), Voltaire (1694), Victor Hugo (1802), Louis Pasteur (1822), Louis XVI of France (1754), Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), and Montesquieu (1689).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Napoleon ranks 1. After him are Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), Louis XV of France (1710), Napoleon II (1811), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Napoleon III (1808), Henry IV of France (1553), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Philip IV of France (1268), and Cardinal Richelieu (1585).

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