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Georges Danton

1759 - 1794

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Georges Jacques Danton (; French: [ʒɔʁʒ dɑ̃tɔ̃]; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister of Justice following the fall of the monarchy on the tenth of August 1792, and was allegedly responsible for inciting the September Massacres. He was tasked by the National Convention to intervene in the military conquest of Belgium led by General Dumouriez, and in the spring of 1793 supported the foundation of a Revolutionary Tribunal, becoming the first president of the Committee of Public Safety. During the Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793, Danton changed his mind on the use of force and lost his seat in the committee afterwards, which solidified the rivalry between him and Maximilien Robespierre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Danton is the 498th most popular politician (down from 267th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from France (down from 108th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Politician.

Georges Danton was a French Revolutionary who was most famous for his role in the Reign of Terror.

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Among politicians, Georges Danton ranks 498 out of 19,576. Before him are Caesarion, Frederick III, German Emperor, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Ptolemy XIV of Egypt, Safiye Sultan, and Louis VIII of France. After him are Jiang Zemin, Otho, Georgy Malenkov, Louis VII of France, Ahmed II, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Georges Danton ranks 2. Before him is Friedrich Schiller. After him are Mary Wollstonecraft, Joseph Fouché, William Pitt the Younger, Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, James Edward Smith, Maria Feodorovna, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Clotilde of France. Among people deceased in 1794, Georges Danton ranks 3. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre, and Antoine Lavoisier. After him are Marquis de Condorcet, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Cesare Beccaria, Edward Gibbon, Camille Desmoulins, Élisabeth of France, Georg Forster, Alexandre de Beauharnais, and André Chénier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Danton ranks 189 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Appert (1749), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Jean-François Millet (1814), Louis VIII of France (1187), and Rudolf Diesel (1858). After him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Louis VII of France (1120), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), and Pope Urban VI (1318).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Danton ranks 49. Before him are Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Philip V of Spain (1683), Joachim Murat (1767), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), and Louis VIII of France (1187). After him are Louis VII of France (1120), Henry II of England (1133), Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), Philip VI of France (1293), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), and Charles IV of France (1294).

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