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Pierre Cambronne

1770 - 1842

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Pierre Jacques Étienne, 1st Viscount Cambronne (26 December 1770 – 29 January 1842), was a general of the First French Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Cambronne has received more than 241,782 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Cambronne is the 512th most popular military personnel (down from 499th in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,382nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Military Personnel.

Pierre Cambronne is most famous for his response to the demand to surrender at the Battle of Waterloo.

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  • 60.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pierre Cambronne ranks 512 out of 2,058. Before him are Leopold Joseph von Daun, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Conon, Hijikata Toshizō, Theodor Busse, and Andriy Melnyk. After him are Sigismund Korybut, Franz Böhme, Gao Shun, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Adem Jashari, and Stonewall Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, Pierre Cambronne ranks 17. Before him are Theodoros Kolokotronis, Anton Reicha, Manuel Belgrano, George Canning, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. After him are Ferdinando Carulli, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Alexandre Pétion, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, and Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano. Among people deceased in 1842, Pierre Cambronne ranks 11. Before him are Constanze Mozart, Clemens Brentano, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and Dominique Jean Larrey. After him are Peter Fendi, Charles Bell, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Francisco Morazán, José de Espronceda, and Wojciech Żywny.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Cambronne ranks 1,423 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre André Latreille (1762), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Benedict of Aniane (750), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), and Armand Peugeot (1849). After him are Roland Topor (1938), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), La Voisin (1640), James Tissot (1836), Marie de Rohan (1600), and Pierre Puget (1620).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Pierre Cambronne ranks 52. Before him are Guillaume Brune (1763), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Aegidius (450), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), and François Joseph Lefebvre (1755). After him are Jacques MacDonald (1765), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Bob Denard (1929), Oenomaus (-105), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770).

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