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Paul Deschanel

1855 - 1922

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Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (French: [pɔl deʃanɛl]; 13 February 1855 – 28 April 1922) was a French politician who served as President of France from 18 February to 21 September 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Deschanel has received more than 374,119 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Deschanel is the 3,467th most popular politician (down from 3,409th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 120th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Belgian Politician.

Paul Deschanel was a French statesman who served as the President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was the first president to be elected by popular vote.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Deschanel ranks 3,467 out of 19,576Before him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Robert Kocharyan, Odo the Great, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, and Daji. After him are Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Nouri al-Maliki, Abimelech, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Vasily Blokhin, and Theresa, Countess of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Paul Deschanel ranks 11Before him are John Browning, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Eleanor Marx, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Ernest Chausson, and Percival Lowell. After him are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Ned Kelly, Robert Koldewey, Paul-Jacques Curie, Živojin Mišić, and Arthur Nikisch. Among people deceased in 1922, Paul Deschanel ranks 25Before him are Rudolf Kjellén, Yamagata Aritomo, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Andrey Markov, Léon Bonnat, and Nellie Bly. After him are Gabriel Narutowicz, Mori Ōgai, Camille Jordan, Alessandro Moreschi, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, and Lothar von Richthofen.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Deschanel ranks 121 out of 1,190Before him are Elio Di Rupo (1951), Frans Snyders (1579), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), and Adriaen Brouwer (1605). After him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Ambiorix (-100), Jacob Le Maire (1585), and Chantal Mouffe (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Paul Deschanel ranks 36Before him are Marie José of Belgium (1906), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903). After him are Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Ambiorix (-100), Jacob Le Maire (1585), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), and Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872).