SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Guillaume Cale

1350 - 1358

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Guillaume Cale (sometimes anglicized to William Kale, also known as Guillaume Caillet, popularly known as Jacques Bonhomme ("Jack Goodfellow") or Callet) was a wealthy peasant from the village of Mello near Beauvais, who became leader of the peasant Jacquerie which broke out in May 1358 and continued for a month unchecked until the Battle of Mello on 10 June. Cale's origins are unknown; it is not clear how old he was at the time of the uprising, nor is anything known about his family and business ties, except that he was a reasonably well-off farmer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Cale is the 271st most popular social activist (down from 223rd in 2019), the 2,584th most popular biography from France (down from 2,050th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Guillaume Cale ranks 271 out of 840. Before him are Jacques Vergès, Edna Parker, Sophie Adlersparre, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Christa Schroeder, and Ignacy Hryniewiecki. After him are Unity Mitford, Diana Budisavljević, Carlo Cafiero, Udham Singh, David Frankfurter, and Eglantyne Jebb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1350, Guillaume Cale ranks 21. Before him are Inca Roca, Qara Osman, Urus Khan, Agnolo Gaddi, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, and Spinello Aretino. After him are Ilyas Khoja, Dan II of Wallachia, Leonor Teles, Jehuda Cresques, Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden, and Rodrigo de Jerez. Among people deceased in 1358, Guillaume Cale ranks 6. Before him are Isabella of France, Albert II, Duke of Austria, Ashikaga Takauji, Étienne Marcel, and Abu Inan Faris. After him are Giovanni de' Marignolli, Isabel Bruce, and Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Cale ranks 2,584 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Darnand (1897), Géraud Duroc (1772), Odo II, Count of Blois (983), Étienne de Silhouette (1709), Margaret of Bourbon (1438), and Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727). After him are Thomas Piketty (1971), Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913), Pōmare IV (1813), Gabriel Hanot (1889), Serge Dassault (1925), and Jenny Longuet (1844).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Guillaume Cale ranks 17. Before him are Abbé Pierre (1912), Balthasar Gérard (1557), Jacques Roux (1752), Ravachol (1859), Marina Ginestà (1919), and Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811). After him are Martin Guerre (1524), Germaine Tillion (1907), François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Eugénie Cotton (1881), Joseph Wresinski (1917), and Christine Delphy (1941).

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