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Alfred Dreyfus

1859 - 1935

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Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair. In 1894, Dreyfus fell victim to a judicial conspiracy that eventually sparked a major political crisis in the French Third Republic when he was wrongfully accused and convicted of being a German spy due to antisemitism. Dreyfus was arrested, cashiered from the French army and imprisoned on Devil's Island in French Guiana. Eventually, evidence emerged showing that Dreyfus was innocent and the true culprit was fellow officer Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Dreyfus is the 52nd most popular military personnel (down from 35th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from France (down from 157th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Military Personnel.

Alfred Dreyfus was a French military officer who was falsely accused of treason in 1894. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison on Devil's Island.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alfred Dreyfus ranks 52 out of 2,058. Before him are Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Alfred Jodl, Douglas MacArthur, Hiroo Onoda, and Seleucus I Nicator. After him are Germanicus, Isoroku Yamamoto, Lü Bu, Gerd von Rundstedt, Tughril, and Otto Skorzeny.

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Among people born in 1859, Alfred Dreyfus ranks 11. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof, Knut Hamsun, Edmund Husserl, Svante Arrhenius, John Dewey, and Georges Seurat. After him are Yuan Shikai, Billy the Kid, Verner von Heidenstam, Sholem Aleichem, Alexandre Millerand, and Jean Jaurès. Among people deceased in 1935, Alfred Dreyfus ranks 6. Before him are Kazimir Malevich, Józef Piłsudski, Arthur Henderson, John Macleod, and Fernando Pessoa. After him are T. E. Lawrence, Paul Signac, Victor Grignard, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, and Auguste Escoffier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alfred Dreyfus ranks 249 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Foucault (1819), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), George Sand (1804), Gustave Le Bon (1841), Berthe Morisot (1841), and Roger Martin du Gard (1881). After him are Camille Claudel (1864), Henri Moissan (1852), Georges Cuvier (1769), John II of France (1319), Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796), and Nadar (1820).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Alfred Dreyfus ranks 6. Before him are Joan of Arc (1412), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757). After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769).

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