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Robert Surcouf

1773 - 1827

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Robert Surcouf (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ syʁkuf]; 12 December 1773 – 8 July 1827) was a French privateer, businessman and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean from 1789 to 1808 during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Capturing over 40 prizes, he later amassed a large fortune from a variety of commercial activities, such as ship-owning, privateering, slave trading and owning land. Surcouf started his maritime career as an officer on the ships Aurore, Courrier d'Afrique and Navigateur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Surcouf has received more than 590,442 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Surcouf is the 6,808th most popular politician (down from 6,687th in 2019), the 2,011th most popular biography from France (down from 1,990th in 2019) and the 487th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Surcouf ranks 6,808 out of 19,576. Before him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Orodes III of Parthia, Yoshida Shōin, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, and Thibaw Min. After him are Pylyp Orlyk, Tarmashirin, Edmund the Martyr, Íngrid Betancourt, Bamir Topi, and Sicco Mansholt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Robert Surcouf ranks 20. Before him are Henri Gatien Bertrand, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Tokugawa Ienari, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt. After him are George Cayley, Hussein Dey, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Étienne Maurice Gérard, and Ioannis Kolettis. Among people deceased in 1827, Robert Surcouf ranks 18. Before him are Ernst Chladni, Samuel Crompton, Wilhelm Müller, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Georgios Karaiskakis, and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt. After him are Morten Thrane Brünnich, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Thomas Rowlandson, Charlotte von Stein, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, and Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Surcouf ranks 2,011 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), Pierre Levegh (1905), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), Théodore Dubois (1837), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), and Édouard Séguin (1812). After him are Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649), Pierre Charron (1541), Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Louis of Toulouse (1274), and Blandina (101).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Robert Surcouf ranks 487. Before him are Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Maurice Papon (1910), Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Peire Vidal (1140), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773). After him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578), Bertrand Barère (1755), Jacques Cathelineau (1759), André Tardieu (1876), and Jacques Thibaud (1880).

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