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Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars

1763 - 1806

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His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Pierre-Charles Villeneuve is the 366th most popular military personnel (down from 359th in 2024), the 1,037th most popular biography from France (down from 998th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Military Personnel.

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve was a French naval officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he commanded the French fleet in the Mediterranean.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ranks 366 out of 2,058Before him are Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Shunroku Hata, Duško Popov, Boris Shaposhnikov, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, and Gnaeus Julius Agricola. After him are Guillaume Brune, Walther Wenck, Ban Chao, Paul von Rennenkampf, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ranks 10Before him are Jean Paul, Jacques Charles, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, and Kobayashi Issa. After him are Guillaume Brune, Augustin Robespierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Xavier de Maistre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, and Franz Danzi. Among people deceased in 1806, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ranks 12Before him are Charles-Henri Sanson, William V, Prince of Orange, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Carlo Gozzi, Michael Haydn, and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Johann Christoph Adelung, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Utamaro, Nicolas Leblanc, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ranks 1,037 out of NaNBefore him are Thomas Couture (1815), Flora Tristan (1803), Laura de Noves (1310), François l'Olonnais (1635), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), and Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40). After him are Albert Roussel (1869), Guillaume Brune (1763), Sigebert II (602), Magdalena of France (1443), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), and Inessa Armand (1874).

Among Military Personnels In France

Among military personnels born in France, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ranks 42Before him are Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), and Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40). After him are Guillaume Brune (1763), Henri Giraud (1879), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), and Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761).

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