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Nicolas Fouquet

1615 - 1680

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Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (French pronunciation: [nikɔla fukɛ]; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous wealth. He fell out of favor, accused of peculation (maladministration of the state's funds) and lèse-majesté (disrespect to the monarch). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Fouquet has received more than 565,318 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Nicolas Fouquet is the 1,948th most popular politician (up from 1,953rd in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from France (up from 685th in 2019) and the 149th most popular French Politician.

Nicolas Fouquet was a French financier and minister of finance under King Louis XIV. He was most famous for being the first person to be imprisoned in the Bastille.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 1,948 out of 19,576. Before him are Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Tekuder, Mahmoud al-Zahar, and Michael D. Higgins. After him are Lapu-Lapu, Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Britannicus, Sophia Palaiologina, and Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 3. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, and Pope Innocent XII. After him are Salvator Rosa, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Marguerite of Lorraine, Govert Flinck, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Dara Shukoh, and Richard Baxter. Among people deceased in 1680, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 5. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Shivaji, François de La Rochefoucauld, and Athanasius Kircher. After him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Jan Swammerdam, Willem Claesz. Heda, Ferdinand Bol, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, and Emperor Go-Mizunoo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 666 out of 6,770. Before him are Raoul Dufy (1877), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Aristide Maillol (1861), Hubert de Givenchy (1927), Georges Sorel (1847), and Jean Nouvel (1945). After him are Édouard Lalo (1823), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), Roger Guillemin (1924), and Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Nicolas Fouquet ranks 149. Before him are Félix Faure (1841), Charles II of Navarre (1332), Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Paul Doumer (1857), Ariovistus (-101), and Simone Veil (1927). After him are Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), Jean Jaurès (1859), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Vincent Auriol (1884), and Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963).

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