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Philippe Pétain

1856 - 1951

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Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Philippe Pétain (French: [filip petɛ̃]) and Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II. Pétain was admitted to the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1876 and pursued a career in the military, achieving the rank of colonel by the outbreak of World War I. He led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief and succeeded in restoring control. Pétain remained in command for the rest of the war and emerged as a national hero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Pétain has received more than 6,028,961 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Philippe Pétain is the 269th most popular politician (down from 264th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from France (down from 105th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Politician.

Philippe Pétain is most famous for being the leader of the Vichy government during World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philippe Pétain ranks 269 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip V of Spain, Henry II of France, Konrad Adenauer, Philip IV of Spain, Georges Danton, and Georgy Zhukov. After him are Wu Zetian, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Numa Pompilius, Elagabalus, Brutus the Younger, and Ferdinand II of Aragon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Philippe Pétain ranks 3. Before him are Nikola Tesla, and Sigmund Freud. After him are George Bernard Shaw, Woodrow Wilson, J. J. Thomson, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Robert Peary, and Emil Kraepelin. Among people deceased in 1951, Philippe Pétain ranks 3. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, and André Gide. After him are Ferdinand Porsche, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Arnold Schoenberg, Abdullah I of Jordan, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, René Guénon, Arnold Sommerfeld, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, and Hermann Broch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Pétain ranks 109 out of 6,770. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), André Gide (1869), Philip V of Spain (1683), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Henry II of France (1519), and Georges Danton (1759). After him are Charles Aznavour (1924), Maurice Ravel (1875), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Hector Berlioz (1803), and Marie Thérèse of France (1778).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philippe Pétain ranks 30. Before him are Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), Philip II of France (1165), Philip V of Spain (1683), Henry II of France (1519), and Georges Danton (1759). After him are Charles VII of France (1403), Charles VIII of France (1470), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Hugh Capet (940), Charles VI of France (1368), and Louis XII of France (1462).

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