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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Tarrare

1772 - 1798

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Tarrare ([taʁaʁ]; c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelled Tarar, was a French showman and soldier noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarrare has received more than 7,884,966 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tarrare is the 951st most popular military personnel (down from 830th in 2019), the 2,517th most popular biography from France (down from 2,280th in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Military Personnel.

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  • 7.9M

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  • 54.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tarrare ranks 951 out of 1,468. Before him are Günther Lützow, Juliusz Rómmel, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Robert Blake, Lamachus, and Otto von Knobelsdorff. After him are Alexander Rodimtsev, José Miaja, Otto Weddigen, Reiner Stahel, Tzachas, and Mineichi Koga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Tarrare ranks 23. Before him are Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Géraud Duroc, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, and Mikhail Speransky. After him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Hồ Xuân Hương, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Luke Howard, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, and Vicente López Portaña. Among people deceased in 1798, Tarrare ranks 13. Before him are George Vancouver, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Heraclius II of Georgia, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, and Edward Waring. After him are Gaetano Pugnani, Johann Reinhold Forster, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Christian Cannabich, Antoine de Chézy, and Yuan Mei.

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In France

Among people born in France, Tarrare ranks 2,517 out of 6,011. Before him are Jacques Hamel (1930), Jean-Luc Marion (1946), Charles Percier (1764), William of Conches (1080), René Pottier (1879), and Claude Autant-Lara (1901). After him are Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710), Louis Feuillade (1873), Madeleine Béjart (1615), Julie Billiart (1751), Antoine Louis (1723), and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Tarrare ranks 98. Before him are Hans von Salmuth (1888), Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Marcellin Marbot (1782), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Jacques Doriot (1898), and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765). After him are Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), Abraham Duquesne (1610), Roussel de Bailleul (1100), Drogo of Hauteville (1010), François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722), and Violette Szabo (1921).

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