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François-Noël Babeuf

1760 - 1797

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François-Noël Babeuf (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa nɔɛl babœf]; 23 November 1760 – 27 May 1797), also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper Le tribun du peuple (The Tribune of the People) was best known for its advocacy for the poor and calling for a popular revolt against the Directory, the government of France. He was a leading advocate for democracy and the abolition of private property. He made his own variant of Jacobinism (Robespierrism) which is called Neo-Jacobinism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-Noël Babeuf is the 5th most popular journalist (down from 4th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from France (down from 462nd in 2019) and the most popular French Journalist.

François-Noël Babeuf was a French Revolutionary who was most famous for his conspiracy to overthrow the Directory and establish a more egalitarian society.

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Among journalists, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 5 out of 196. Before him are Robert Capa, Sebastião Salgado, Richard Sorge, and Lee Miller. After him are Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Oriana Fallaci, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Dorothea Lange, and W. T. Stead.

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Among people born in 1760, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 6. Before him are Hokusai, Pope Leo XII, Henri de Saint-Simon, Luigi Cherubini, and Jiaqing Emperor. After him are Akbar II, Camille Desmoulins, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Johan Gadolin, and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. Among people deceased in 1797, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 6. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia, Baron Munchausen, Mary Wollstonecraft, Horace Walpole, and Edmund Burke. After him are James Hutton, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Vilna Gaon.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 471 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Éluard (1895), Jean Fouquet (1420), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Gaspard Monge (1746), Louis III of France (863), and Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770). After him are Lazare Carnot (1753), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Albert Lebrun (1871), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), and Pytheas (-380).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, François-Noël Babeuf ranks 1. After him are Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Victor Noir (1848), Robert Guérin (1876), François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Bernard Pivot (1935), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Robbie Ross (1869), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Catherine Leroy (1944).

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