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Augustin Robespierre

1763 - 1794

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Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre (21 January 1763 – 28 July 1794), known as Robespierre the Younger, was a French lawyer, politician and the younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre. His political views were similar to his brother's. When his brother was arrested on 9 Thermidor, Robespierre volunteered to be arrested as well, and he was executed by the guillotine along with Maximilien and 20 of his supporters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augustin Robespierre is the 4,355th most popular politician (down from 3,044th in 2019), the 1,277th most popular biography from France (down from 989th in 2019) and the 306th most popular French Politician.

Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician who helped to overthrow the French monarchy and establish the French republic. He is most famous for being the architect of the Reign of Terror, a period of violence in which more than 17,000 people were executed.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Augustin Robespierre ranks 4,355 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammad Hatta, Şehzade Mehmed, Antonín Zápotocký, Emperor Go-Fushimi, László Rajk, and Blaise Compaoré. After him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Mahboob Ali Khan, Charles, Prince of Viana, René Barrientos, Emil Maurice, and Emperor Chūai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Augustin Robespierre ranks 12. Before him are Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, Kobayashi Issa, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, and Guillaume Brune. After him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Xavier de Maistre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Franz Danzi, Joseph Fesch, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1794, Augustin Robespierre ranks 19. Before him are Georges Couthon, William Jones, Jacques Hébert, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, and Gregory Skovoroda. After him are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Sheikh Mansur, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Gottfried August Bürger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Augustin Robespierre ranks 1,277 out of 6,770. Before him are Max Linder (1883), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Tancred of Hauteville (980), René Arnoux (1948), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), and Jane Frances de Chantal (1572). After him are Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), André Antoine (1858), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), Alain Aspect (1947), and Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Augustin Robespierre ranks 306. Before him are Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655), Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145), Jules Ferry (1832), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Tancred of Hauteville (980), and Walter Sans Avoir (1050). After him are Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), André Maginot (1877), John III of Navarre (1477), and Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336).

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