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Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

1847 - 1923

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Charles Marie Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (16 December 1847 – 21 May 1923) was an officer in the French Army from 1870 to 1898. He gained notoriety as a spy for the German Empire and the actual perpetrator of the act of treason of which Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully accused and convicted of in 1894. After evidence against Esterhazy was discovered and made public, he was eventually subjected to a closed military trial in 1898, only to be officially found not guilty. Esterhazy retired from the military with the rank of major in 1898 and fled by way of Brussels to the United Kingdom, where he lived in the town of Harpenden in Hertfordshire until his death in 1923. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy is the 468th most popular military personnel (down from 303rd in 2019), the 1,318th most popular biography from France (down from 885th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Military Personnel.

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was a Hungarian composer and violinist who is most famous for his string quartets.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 468 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Kirponos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Johannes Frießner, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Levin August von Bennigsen, and Jan Kubiš. After him are Tamon Yamaguchi, Maher al-Assad, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Herberts Cukurs, Gusztáv Jány, and Emilio De Bono.

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Among people born in 1847, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 21. Before him are Jens Peter Jacobsen, Annie Besant, Radomir Putnik, Bolesław Prus, Sergey Nechayev, and Paul Langerhans. After him are Maria Pia of Savoy, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Catherine Dolgorukov, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Nikolay Zhukovsky, and Camille Doncieux. Among people deceased in 1923, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 30. Before him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, Milena Vukotić, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. After him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Max Nordau, Ernst Troeltsch, Maurice Barrès, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, and Théophile Steinlen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 1,318 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), Alain de Lille (1117), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), and Ariovistus (-101). After him are Alice Prin (1901), Capucine (1928), Marcel Pagnol (1895), André Masson (1896), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), and Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy ranks 54. Before him are Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), La Hire (1390), Tarrare (1772), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), and Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393). After him are Lazare Hoche (1768), Charles Leclerc (1772), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), Oenomaus (-105), Aegidius (450), and Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476).

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