1715 - 1757
Robert-François Damiens (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa damjɛ̃]; surname also recorded as Damier; 9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert-François Damiens has received more than 577,737 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert-François Damiens is the 50th most popular extremist (up from 56th in 2019), the 1,076th most popular biography from France (up from 1,379th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Extremist.
Robert-François Damiens was most famous for being the first person to be executed by drawing and quartering in France.
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Among extremists, Robert-François Damiens ranks 50 out of 205. Before him are Henry Lee Lucas, Frank Sheeran, Abu Nidal, William Kemmler, Gudrun Ensslin, and Whitey Bulger. After him are George Habash, James Earl Ray, George Stinney, George Jung, Karl Denke, and Emperor Norton.
1936 - 2001
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 44
1920 - 2003
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 45
1937 - 2002
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 46
1860 - 1890
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 47
1940 - 1977
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 48
1929 - 2018
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 49
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 50
1926 - 2008
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 51
1928 - 1998
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 52
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 53
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 54
1860 - 1924
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 55
1818 - 1880
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 56
Among people born in 1715, Robert-François Damiens ranks 4. Before him are Peter II of Russia, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. After him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, William Watson, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Dorothea Erxleben, and Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. Among people deceased in 1757, Robert-François Damiens ranks 9. Before him are Maria Josepha of Austria, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Rosalba Carriera. After him are 7th Dalai Lama, David Hartley, Siraj ud-Daulah, Edward Vernon, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, and Princess Caroline of Great Britain.
1715 - 1730
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 1
1715 - 1771
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 2
1715 - 1797
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 3
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 4
1715 - 1747
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 5
1715 - 1777
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 6
1715 - 1739
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 7
1715 - 1787
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 8
1715 - 1787
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 9
1715 - 1769
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 10
1715 - 1762
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 11
1715 - 1789
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 12
1699 - 1757
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 3
1683 - 1757
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 4
1687 - 1757
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 5
1717 - 1757
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 6
1657 - 1757
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 7
1673 - 1757
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 8
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 9
1708 - 1757
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 10
1705 - 1757
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 11
1733 - 1757
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 12
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 13
1684 - 1757
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 14
1713 - 1757
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 1,076 out of 5,234. Before him are René Girard (1923), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Abel Gance (1889), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), and Alice Prin (1901). After him are Henri, Prince of Condé (1588), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Thierry Henry (1977), and Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666).
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,070
1774 - 1838
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1,071
1889 - 1981
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1,072
1818 - 1889
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 1,073
1817 - 1907
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 1,074
1901 - 1953
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,075
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1,076
1588 - 1646
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1,077
1800 - 1884
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 1,078
1762 - 1833
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 1,079
1768 - 1813
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 1,080
1977 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 1,081
1666 - 1739
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 1,082
Among extremists born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 3. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405) and Madame de Brinvilliers (1630). After him are Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Michel Fourniret (1942), Édouard Vaillant (1840), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).
1405 - 1440
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 1
1630 - 1676
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 2
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 3
1869 - 1922
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 4
1409 - 1476
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 5
1936 - 1979
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 6
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 7
1840 - 1915
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 9