MILITARY PERSONNEL

Tarrare

1772 - 1798

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Tarrare ([taʁaʁ]; c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, soldier and spy 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 8,372,049 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tarrare is the 633rd most popular military personnel (up from 951st in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from France (up from 2,509th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.4M

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  • 58.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tarrare ranks 633 out of 2,058. Before him are Viktor Pavičić, Antonio Tejero, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Lady Triệu, Hans Hermann von Katte, and Walther Nehring. After him are Harold Lowe, Surena, Franz Hössler, William Bligh, Hans Speidel, and Demosthenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Tarrare ranks 15. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ram Mohan Roy, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, and Marie Anne Lenormand. After him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Géraud Duroc, and Mikhail Speransky. Among people deceased in 1798, Tarrare ranks 9. Before him are Stanisław August Poniatowski, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Heraclius II of Georgia, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, and Christian Gottlob Neefe. After him are Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Johann Reinhold Forster, Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, and Yuan Mei.

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In France

Among people born in France, Tarrare ranks 1,707 out of 6,770. Before him are Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), Patrick Tambay (1949), Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641), Cabu (1938), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Alice Prin (1901). After him are Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609), Abbo of Fleury (945), Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Francis Jammes (1868), and William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Tarrare ranks 67. Before him are Walter Krüger (1890), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Christian de Castries (1902), Hubert Lyautey (1854), and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742). After him are Charles Huntziger (1880), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Heinz Harmel (1906), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), and Raoul Salan (1899).

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