MILITARY PERSONNEL

Charles François Dumouriez

1739 - 1823

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Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez (French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa dy peʁje dymuʁje]; 26 January 1739 – 14 March 1823) was a French military officer, minister of Foreign Affairs, minister of War in a Girondin cabinet and army general during the French Revolutionary War. Dumouriez is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3. With General Kellermann he shared the first French victory at Valmy where the Prussian army was forced to draw back. He rapidly advanced north (till Moerdijk); before entering Holland he decided to return to Brussels when the French armies lost territory in the east of Belgium and the Siege of Maastricht (1793). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles François Dumouriez is the 338th most popular military personnel (down from 297th in 2019), the 977th most popular biography from France (down from 873rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Military Personnel.

Charles François Dumouriez is most famous for being a French general and diplomat during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was appointed to command the French Army of the North and led it to victory in Belgium, but he was accused of treason and executed by guillotine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles François Dumouriez ranks 338 out of 2,058. Before him are William D. Leahy, Eduard Dietl, Kul Tigin, Arthur Nebe, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Wilhelm Bittrich. After him are Valery Gerasimov, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Matthew C. Perry, François Joseph Lefebvre, Kim Philby, and Meng Tian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Charles François Dumouriez ranks 4. Before him are Grigory Potemkin, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, and Charles-Henri Sanson. After him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Johann Baptist Wanhal, George Clinton, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles-François Lebrun, Jean Chalgrin, and François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé. Among people deceased in 1823, Charles François Dumouriez ranks 8. Before him are Edward Jenner, David Ricardo, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Lazare Carnot, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Jacques Charles. After him are André-Jacques Garnerin, Ann Radcliffe, Rafael del Riego, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Edmund Cartwright, and Karl Leonhard Reinhold.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles François Dumouriez ranks 977 out of 6,770. Before him are Agnès Sorel (1422), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Maria Malibran (1808), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Joseph Babinski (1857), and Pierre Mignard (1612). After him are Geneviève Page (1927), Philipp Spener (1635), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Theodore Beza (1519), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), and René Girard (1923).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Charles François Dumouriez ranks 38. Before him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), and François Christophe de Kellermann (1735). After him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Guillaume Brune (1763), and Henri Giraud (1879).

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