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Armand Louis de Gontaut

1747 - 1793

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Armand Louis de Gontaut (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ lwi də ɡɔ̃to]), duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron (13 April 1747 – 31 December 1793), was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1773, he was Grand second warden of Grand Orient de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Armand Louis de Gontaut is the 10,248th most popular politician (down from 10,068th in 2019), the 2,954th most popular biography from France (up from 3,008th in 2019) and the 685th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 10,248 out of 19,576. Before him are Chuck Grassley, Samuel von Brukenthal, Norman Lamont, Cartimandua, José Napoleón Duarte, and Ōtomo Sōrin. After him are Antiochus IV of Commagene, Bonne of Bourbon, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Marouf al-Bakhit, Emperor Jianwen of Jin, and Edgar Lungu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 17. Before him are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Gunning Bedford Jr., Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Jean-François Rewbell, and Franz von Paula Schrank. After him are George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Józef Wybicki, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Grigory Shelikhov, Timothy Dexter, and John Paul Jones. Among people deceased in 1793, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 36. Before him are Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, and Jean Joseph Marie Amiot. After him are Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Karl Philipp Moritz, William Hudson, Leopold Hofmann, Charles de Bonchamps, and Anton Friedrich Büsching.

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In France

Among people born in France, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 2,954 out of 6,770. Before him are Peter John Olivi (1248), Pierre Gringore (1475), Constance Mayer (1775), José Giovanni (1923), Philippe de Mornay (1549), and Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648). After him are Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822), Jacques Duclos (1896), and Charles-Louis Havas (1783).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Armand Louis de Gontaut ranks 685. Before him are Jules Favre (1809), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Fulk II, Count of Anjou (920), Édouard Philippe (1970), and Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720). After him are Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767), Jacques Duclos (1896), Jean-Yves Le Drian (1947), Rainulf Drengot (1000), Jacques Georges (1916), and Bernard Plantapilosa (841).

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