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François-Jean de la Barre

1745 - 1766

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François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (12 September 1745 – 1 July 1766) was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary nailed to his torso. La Barre is often said to have been executed for not saluting a Catholic religious procession, though other charges of a similar nature were laid against him. In France, Lefebvre de la Barre is widely regarded a symbol of the victims of Catholic religious intolerance, along with Jean Calas and Pierre-Paul Sirven, all championed by Voltaire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-Jean de la Barre is the 439th most popular social activist (down from 295th in 2019), the 3,999th most popular biography from France (down from 2,860th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 439 out of 840. Before him are Chen Qimei, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Parashqevi Qiriazi, Theodor Loos, Massoud Rajavi, and Nat Turner. After him are Nikolay Bauman, William Howard Russell, Leona Vicario, Afeni Shakur, Bhikaiji Cama, and Otto Warmbier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 39. Before him are Franciszek Smuglewicz, Inō Tadataka, Olaudah Equiano, Benjamin Rush, Johann Gottfried Köhler, and Gim Hongdo. After him are Johann Peter Salomon, Timothy Pickering, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Félix María de Samaniego, and Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Among people deceased in 1766, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 17. Before him are Marie Victoire de Noailles, Jean Astruc, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Dominikus Zimmermann, and Jacques Aved. After him are Jane Colden, and Ivan Polzunov.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 3,999 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Barrot (1937), Judith Gautier (1845), Roger Carel (1927), Victor Schœlcher (1804), Robert Herbin (1939), and Yvette Chauviré (1917). After him are Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), Richard Berry (1950), François Picard (1921), Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (1753), and Victor Lanoux (1936).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, François-Jean de la Barre ranks 20. Before him are Ravachol (1859), Marina Ginestà (1919), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Guillaume Cale (1350), Martin Guerre (1524), and Germaine Tillion (1907). After him are Eugénie Cotton (1881), Joseph Wresinski (1917), Christine Delphy (1941), Agnès Callamard (1964), Osman Kavala (1957), and Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (1966).

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