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Giuseppe Garibaldi

1807 - 1882

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Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( GARR-ib-AHL-dee, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ɡariˈbaldi] ; 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso di Cavour, King Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Garibaldi is the 76th most popular politician (up from 85th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from France (up from 28th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Politician.

Giuseppe Garibaldi was a military and political leader in Italy. He is most famous for his leadership in the unification of Italy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Giuseppe Garibaldi ranks 76 out of 19,576Before him are Osman I, Marcus Aurelius, Maximilien Robespierre, Musa I of Mali, Hafez al-Assad, and Nero. After him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of England, Louis XV of France, William IV of the United Kingdom, Edward IV of England, and Cyrus the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Giuseppe Garibaldi ranks 1After him are Robert E. Lee, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Jules Grévy, Louis Agassiz, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lajos Batthyány, Joseph Petzval, Anthony Mary Claret, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Bezmiâlem Sultan, and Harriet Taylor Mill. Among people deceased in 1882, Giuseppe Garibaldi ranks 2Before him is Charles Darwin. After him are Friedrich Wöhler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Arthur de Gobineau, Jesse James, Theodor Schwann, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Francesco Hayez, Bruno Bauer, Léon Gambetta, and Louis Blanc.

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In France

Among people born in France, Giuseppe Garibaldi ranks 16 out of 6,770Before him are Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), Molière (1622), Montesquieu (1689), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905). After him are Louis XV of France (1710), Edward IV of England (1442), Alexandre Dumas (1802), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Nostradamus (1503), and Honoré de Balzac (1799).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Giuseppe Garibaldi ranks 5Before him are Napoleon (1769), Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), and Maximilien Robespierre (1758). After him are Louis XV of France (1710), Edward IV of England (1442), Caracalla (188), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Napoleon III (1808), and Louis XVIII of France (1755).