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Adolphe Thiers

1797 - 1877

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Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( tee-AIR; French: [maʁi ʒozɛf lwi adɔlf tjɛʁ]; 15 April 1797 – 3 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873. He was the second elected president and the first of the Third French Republic. Thiers was a key figure in the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew King Charles X in favor of the more liberal King Louis Philippe, and the Revolution of 1848, which overthrew the July Monarchy and established the Second French Republic. He served as a prime minister in 1836 and 1840, dedicated the Arc de Triomphe, and arranged the return to France of the remains of Napoleon from Saint-Helena. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphe Thiers is the 1,040th most popular politician (down from 972nd in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from France (up from 359th in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Politician.

Adolphe Thiers was a French politician who is most famous for being the first president of the Third Republic of France.

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Among politicians, Adolphe Thiers ranks 1,040 out of 19,576. Before him are Brennus, Marwan I, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Henry I of England, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, and Konstantin von Neurath. After him are Edmund Burke, Constantine II, Maria Luisa of Spain, Eleanor of Austria, John I Tzimiskes, and Jair Bolsonaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Adolphe Thiers ranks 6. Before him are Franz Schubert, William I, German Emperor, Heinrich Heine, Gaetano Donizetti, and Mary Shelley. After him are Hiroshige, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Ghalib, Joseph Henry, Paul Delaroche, and Charles Lyell. Among people deceased in 1877, Adolphe Thiers ranks 4. Before him are Gustave Courbet, Brigham Young, and Urbain Le Verrier. After him are Saigō Takamori, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Henry Fox Talbot, Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adolphe Thiers ranks 343 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Chlothar I (498), Salome Zourabichvili (1952), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Pope Stephen IX (1020), and Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786). After him are Désirée Clary (1777), Constantine II (316), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Sophie Germain (1776), Olivier Messiaen (1908), and Éliphas Lévi (1810).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Adolphe Thiers ranks 89. Before him are William Longsword (893), Elisabeth of France (1602), Édouard Daladier (1884), Chlothar I (498), Salome Zourabichvili (1952), and Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786). After him are Constantine II (316), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Anne of Brittany (1477), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Diane de Poitiers (1499), and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804).

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