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François Joseph Lefebvre

1755 - 1820

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François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig ( lə-FEV-rə, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ləfɛvʁ]; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820) was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Joseph Lefebvre is the 342nd most popular military personnel (up from 499th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from France (up from 1,399th in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Military Personnel.

François Joseph Lefebvre was a French General who is most famous for his role in the Battle of Waterloo.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, François Joseph Lefebvre ranks 342 out of 2,058. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Wilhelm Bittrich, Charles François Dumouriez, Valery Gerasimov, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Matthew C. Perry. After him are Kim Philby, Meng Tian, Nikolai Vatutin, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Jozef Gabčík, and Dmitry Yazov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, François Joseph Lefebvre ranks 14. Before him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, James Parkinson, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, Anthony of Saxony, and Giovanni Battista Viotti. After him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Bertrand Barère. Among people deceased in 1820, François Joseph Lefebvre ranks 9. Before him are Jiaqing Emperor, Daniel Boone, Elisa Bonaparte, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, François Christophe de Kellermann, and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. After him are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Manuel Belgrano, Joseph Banks, Henri Christophe, Anders Sparrman, and Gia Long.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Joseph Lefebvre ranks 987 out of 6,770. Before him are Theodore Beza (1519), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), René Girard (1923), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), and Alain-René Lesage (1668). After him are René Lalique (1860), Carole Bouquet (1957), Manu Chao (1961), Gérard Debreu (1921), Bourvil (1917), and Michael Lonsdale (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, François Joseph Lefebvre ranks 40. Before him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889). After him are Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Guillaume Brune (1763), Henri Giraud (1879), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), and Jean II Le Maingre (1366).

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