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 997,326 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert-François Damiens is the 76th most popular extremist (down from 51st in 2019), the 1,469th most popular biography from France (down from 1,073rd in 2019) and the 5th 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 76 out of 209. Before him are Henry Lee Lucas, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Ma Barker, Richard Ramirez, Willi Herold, and James Earl Ray. After him are Carlo Gambino, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Oskar Gröning, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Johann Rattenhuber, and Armin Meiwes.
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 70
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 71
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 72
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 73
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 74
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 75
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 76
1902 - 1976
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 77
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 78
1921 - 2018
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 79
1730 - 1801
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 80
1897 - 1957
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 81
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 82
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, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. Among people deceased in 1757, Robert-François Damiens ranks 9. Before him are René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Rosalba Carriera. After him are Siraj ud-Daulah, 7th Dalai Lama, David Hartley, Amursana, Edward Vernon, and Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin.
1715 - 1730
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 1
1715 - 1771
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 2
1715 - 1797
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 3
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 4
1715 - 1747
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 5
1715 - 1739
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 6
1715 - 1777
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 7
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 8
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1715 - 1762
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 10
1715 - 1787
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 11
1715 - 1769
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 12
1683 - 1757
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 3
1699 - 1757
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1687 - 1757
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 5
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 6
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 7
1673 - 1757
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 8
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 9
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 10
1708 - 1757
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 11
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 12
1722 - 1757
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 13
1684 - 1757
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 14
1684 - 1757
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 1,469 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Chris Marker (1921), and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773). After him are Charles Péguy (1873), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Constance of Arles (974), Abbé Pierre (1912), Marcel Dupré (1886), and Alain Poher (1909).
1707 - 1712
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,463
1336 - 1375
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,464
1515 - 1563
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,465
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,466
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,467
1773 - 1827
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,468
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,469
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,470
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,471
974 - 1032
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,472
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,473
1886 - 1971
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,474
1909 - 1996
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,475
Among extremists born in France, Robert-François Damiens ranks 5. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), and Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409). After him are Michel Fourniret (1942), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).
1405 - 1440
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 1
1869 - 1922
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 2
1630 - 1676
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 5
1942 - 2021
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6
1936 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 7
1840 - 1915
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 9