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Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

1739 - 1817

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Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ( dew-PONT, DEW-pont, French: [pjɛʁ samɥɛl dy pɔ̃ d(ə) nəmuʁ]; 14 December 1739 – 7 August 1817) was a French-American writer, economist, publisher and government official. During the French Revolution, he, his two sons and their families migrated to the United States. His son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont was the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours has received more than 482,085 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours is the 9,626th most popular politician (down from 9,444th in 2019), the 2,876th most popular biography from France (down from 2,829th in 2019) and the 657th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ranks 9,626 out of 19,576Before him are Tashfin ibn Ali, Æthelred of Mercia, Gilbert Horal, Pieter Both, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, and Ingvar of Kiev. After him are Alan II, Duke of Brittany, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sandra Day O'Connor, Kakha Kaladze, Eleanor of Arborea, and Rabbel II Soter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ranks 14Before him are Charles-François Lebrun, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Jean Chalgrin, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. After him are Jean-François de La Harpe, Frei Galvão, Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Juan de Villanueva, John Robison, and Johann Beckmann. Among people deceased in 1817, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ranks 28Before him are Duke Louis of Württemberg, Giacomo Quarenghi, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Jean-André Deluc, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Policarpa Salavarrieta. After him are Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Pattimura, and William Gregor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ranks 2,876 out of 6,770Before him are Guillaume de Sonnac (1200), Jean-Louis Forain (1852), Pierre Fauchard (1679), Pierre Victor Auger (1899), Christian Ferras (1933), and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789). After him are Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Colette of Corbie (1381), Laurent de La Hyre (1606), Thomas Bérard (1300), Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau (1760), and Antonin Magne (1904).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ranks 657Before him are Léon Flameng (1877), Princess Anne of Orléans (1906), Renaud de Vichiers (1198), Adolf Wagner (1890), William Waddington (1826), and Guillaume de Sonnac (1200). After him are Thomas Bérard (1300), Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau (1760), Henri Alekan (1909), Eugène Schneider (1805), Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (1060), and Bernard Plantapilosa (841).