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Guillaume Brune

1763 - 1815

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Guillaume Brune, 1st Count Brune (French pronunciation: [ɡijom bʁyn], 13 March 1764 – 2 August 1815) was a French military commander, Marshal of the Empire, and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Brune is the 367th most popular military personnel (up from 447th in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from France (up from 1,230th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Military Personnel.

Guillaume Brune was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of Waterloo.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Guillaume Brune ranks 367 out of 2,058. Before him are Shunroku Hata, Duško Popov, Boris Shaposhnikov, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve. After him are Walther Wenck, Ban Chao, Paul von Rennenkampf, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, and Hans-Joachim Marseille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Guillaume Brune ranks 11. Before him are Jacques Charles, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, Kobayashi Issa, and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve. After him are Augustin Robespierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Xavier de Maistre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Franz Danzi, and Joseph Fesch. Among people deceased in 1815, Guillaume Brune ranks 8. Before him are Michel Ney, Sarah Baartman, Franz Mesmer, Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, and Jan Potocki. After him are Carsten Niebuhr, Emma, Lady Hamilton, José María Morelos, Smithson Tennant, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and 9th Dalai Lama.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Brune ranks 1,039 out of 6,770. Before him are Laura de Noves (1310), François l'Olonnais (1635), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), and Albert Roussel (1869). After him are Sigebert II (602), Magdalena of France (1443), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Inessa Armand (1874), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), and Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Guillaume Brune ranks 43. Before him are François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763). After him are Henri Giraud (1879), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), and La Hire (1390).

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