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Camille Desmoulins

1760 - 1794

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Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins (French: [lysi sɛ̃plis kamij bənwa demulɛ̃]; 2 March 1760 – 5 April 1794) was a French journalist, politician and a prominent figure of the French Revolution. He is best known for playing an instrumental role in the events that led to the Storming of the Bastille. Desmoulins was also noted for his radical criticism of the Reign of Terror as the editor of the journal Le Vieux Cordelier. He was a schoolmate and close friend of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Georges Danton, who were leading figures in the French Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Camille Desmoulins is the 1,589th most popular politician (down from 1,085th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from France (down from 400th in 2019) and the 125th most popular French Politician.

Camille Desmoulins is most famous for being the man who helped to spark the French Revolution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Camille Desmoulins ranks 1,589 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun, Songtsen Gampo, Walther Funk, Quintillus, Chlodio, and Michael I Rangabe. After him are Nero Julius Caesar, Emil Hácha, Paul Biya, Maria of Yugoslavia, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and Juba II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Camille Desmoulins ranks 8. Before him are Pope Leo XII, Henri de Saint-Simon, Luigi Cherubini, Jiaqing Emperor, François-Noël Babeuf, and Akbar II. After him are Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Johan Gadolin, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, William Beckford, and Oliver Wolcott Jr.. Among people deceased in 1794, Camille Desmoulins ranks 8. Before him are Antoine Lavoisier, Georges Danton, Marquis de Condorcet, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Cesare Beccaria, and Edward Gibbon. After him are Élisabeth of France, Georg Forster, Alexandre de Beauharnais, André Chénier, Georges Couthon, and William Jones.

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In France

Among people born in France, Camille Desmoulins ranks 514 out of 6,770. Before him are William of Rubruck (1220), Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Carus (230), Christine Lagarde (1956), and Frédéric Bazille (1841). After him are René Laennec (1781), Gregory of Tours (538), Edgard Varèse (1883), Georges Bataille (1897), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), and Joseph Black (1728).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Camille Desmoulins ranks 125. Before him are Stephen, King of England (1095), Childebert I (497), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Carus (230), and Christine Lagarde (1956). After him are Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Joan I of Navarre (1273), Lothair of France (941), Pauline Bonaparte (1780), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), and Pepin the Hunchback (770).

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