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Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay

1740 - 1789

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Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay (8/9 April 1740 – 14 July 1789) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who served as the governor of the Bastille. He was the son of a previous governor, and commander of the Bastille's garrison when it was stormed on 14 July 1789. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay is the 5,955th most popular politician (up from 6,618th in 2019), the 1,710th most popular biography from France (up from 1,963rd in 2019) and the 411th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay ranks 5,955 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Mathilde Kschessinska, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 'Abd al-Ilah, Walter Warlimont, and Lucius Julius Caesar. After him are Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden, Chungsuk of Goryeo, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Hedwig of Saxony, and Mithridates II of Parthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay ranks 11. Before him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Jeanne Baret, Johann van Beethoven, Carl Michael Bellman, and Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein. After him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier, John Sullivan, Giambattista Bodoni, John Latham, Johann Jacob Schweppe, and Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar. Among people deceased in 1789, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay ranks 9. Before him are Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Claude Joseph Vernet, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Ethan Allen, and Charles-Michel de l'Épée. After him are Franz Xaver Richter, Petrus Camper, Thomas Nelson Jr., Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, and Paolo Renier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay ranks 1,710 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Christian de Castries (1902), Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756), Joseph Bédier (1864), and Marcel Renault (1872). After him are Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Anna de Noailles (1876), Arnaud Amalric (1160), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Nicolas Sanson (1600), and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay ranks 411. Before him are Everard des Barres (1113), Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), Renata of Lorraine (1544), Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560), Roger Ducos (1747), and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756). After him are Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Beatrice of Provence (1229), Anne Gonzaga (1616), André de Montbard (1103), Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438), and Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517).

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