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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

1760 - 1836

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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (French: [klod ʒozɛf ʁuʒɛ d(ə) lil]; 10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle is the 153rd most popular composer (down from 146th in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from France and the 29th most popular French Composer.

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle is most famous for writing the song "La Marseillaise."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ranks 153 out of 1,451. Before him are Alfred Newman, Darius Milhaud, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Paul Dukas, Christopher Hogwood, and Marin Marais. After him are François-Joseph Gossec, Léonin, Ottorino Respighi, George Enescu, César Cui, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ranks 12. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf, Akbar II, Camille Desmoulins, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alexandre de Beauharnais, and Johan Gadolin. After him are William Beckford, Oliver Wolcott Jr., August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Jean-François Le Sueur, and John Breckinridge. Among people deceased in 1836, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ranks 8. Before him are Charles X of France, Letizia Ramolino, James Madison, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. After him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, William Godwin, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Anthony of Saxony, Maria Malibran, and Maria Cristina of Savoy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ranks 687 out of 6,770. Before him are Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Robert Hossein (1927), Paul Bocuse (1926), Marin Marais (1656), Jean Jaurès (1859), and Peter the Hermit (1050). After him are Judith of Bavaria (797), Robert Bresson (1901), Marie Tussaud (1761), Adam de la Halle (1245), Hugh the Great (898), and Gaston Leroux (1868).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ranks 29. Before him are Daniel Auber (1782), Édouard Lalo (1823), Pérotin (1160), Darius Milhaud (1892), Paul Dukas (1865), and Marin Marais (1656). After him are Léonin (1135), Michel Legrand (1932), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), and Fromental Halévy (1799).

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