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François de La Rocque

1885 - 1946

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François de La Rocque (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dəlaʁɔk]; 6 October 1885 – 28 April 1946) was a French soldier and politician who was the leader of the French right-wing league the Croix de Feu from 1930 to 1936 before he formed the more moderate nationalist French Social Party (1936–1940), which has been described by several historians, such as René Rémond and Michel Winock, as a precursor of Gaullism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François de La Rocque is the 11,782nd most popular politician (down from 10,609th in 2019), the 3,438th most popular biography from France (down from 3,155th in 2019) and the 754th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François de La Rocque ranks 11,782 out of 19,576Before him are Sewadjkare, Gabriel Almond, Theobald I, Count of Bar, Luis Abinader, Eleazar López Contreras, and Álvaro Arzú. After him are Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Louis Lansana Beavogui, Pausanias of Macedon, Giancarlo Minardi, Kleitias, and Tigranes VI of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, François de La Rocque ranks 129Before him are Dimitrios Loundras, Jan Czochralski, Rolf Carls, Nils von Kantzow, Carmine Gallone, and Liviu Rebreanu. After him are Georges Mandel, Edward Lasker, Sun Chuanfang, Eino Rahja, Friedrich Kirchner, and Ralph Rose. Among people deceased in 1946, François de La Rocque ranks 125Before him are Pantelis Karasevdas, Cesare Orsenigo, Ahmad Kasravi, Paul Lincke, Alexey Sudayev, and Erwin Rösener. After him are Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Carl Gustav Witt, Albert Sechehaye, Ioannis Rallis, and Dorothy Gibson.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de La Rocque ranks 3,438 out of 6,770Before him are Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783), Julie Manet (1878), François Séverin Marceau (1769), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Orlan (1947), and Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877). After him are Philippe LeBon (1767), Paul Grimault (1905), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Claudine Picardet (1735), and Bernard Panafieu (1931).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François de La Rocque ranks 754Before him are Hermano da Silva Ramos (1925), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), Margaret of Foix (1453), Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769), Roland Dumas (1922), and René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714). After him are Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Jean Tiberi (1935), Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805), Georges Mandel (1885), Philippe Cattiau (1892), and Sebastianus (400).