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Philippe Pétain

French general officer and leader of Vichy France

1856 - 1951

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His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2024). Philippe Pétain is the 325th most popular politician (down from 268th in 2024), the 121st most popular biography from France (down from 109th in 2019) and the 29th 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 325 out of 19,576. Before him are Syngman Rhee, Leo I the Thracian, Theodoric the Great, Salvador Allende, Sukarno, and Macrinus. After him are Lavrentiy Beria, Droupadi Murmu, Şehzade Mustafa, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Numa Pompilius, and Cardinal Mazarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Philippe Pétain ranks 5. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Sigmund Freud, J. J. Thomson, and George Bernard Shaw. After him are Woodrow Wilson, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Emil Kraepelin. Among people deceased in 1951, Philippe Pétain ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, and André Gide. After him are Arnold Schoenberg, Ferdinand Porsche, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Arnold Sommerfeld, Abdullah I of Jordan, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, René Guénon, and Hermann Broch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Pétain ranks 121 out of NaN. Before him are Pope Innocent VI (1282), Anatole France (1844), François Mitterrand (1916), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), André Gide (1869), and Nicolas Poussin (1594). After him are Catherine of Valois (1401), Joseph Fourier (1768), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Philip II of France (1165), Charles Aznavour (1924), and Peter Abelard (1079).

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Among Politicians In France

Among politicians born in France, Philippe Pétain ranks 29. Before him are Louis IX of France (1214), Louis Philippe I (1773), Louis XII of France (1462), Henry II of France (1519), Louis the Pious (778), and François Mitterrand (1916). After him are Philip II of France (1165), François Hollande (1954), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Charles VII of France (1403), Hugh Capet (940), and Charles IX of France (1550).

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