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Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

1756 - 1819

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Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (French pronunciation: [ʒak nikɔla bijo vaʁɛn]; 23 April 1756 – 3 June 1819), also known as Jean Nicolas or by his nicknames, the Righteous Patriot or the Tiger, was a French lawyer and a major figure in the French Revolution. A close associate of Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre, he was one of the most militant members of the Committee of Public Safety, and is often considered a key architect of the Reign of Terror. Billaud-Varenne subsequently broke with Robespierre, partly due to their ideological conflicts relating to the centralization of power. Ultimately he played a major role in Robespierre's downfall on 9 Thermidor, an act for which he later expressed remorse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne is the 5,949th most popular politician (up from 7,385th in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from France (up from 2,161st in 2019) and the 410th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ranks 5,949 out of 19,576. Before him are Hubert Humphrey, Hashim al-Atassi, Árpád Göncz, Marino Faliero, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, and Infante Carlos of Spain. After him are Mathilde Kschessinska, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 'Abd al-Ilah, Walter Warlimont, Lucius Julius Caesar, and Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ranks 11. Before him are Maria Theresa of Savoy, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Aaron Burr. After him are Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, Joseph Martin Kraus, Abbé Faria, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, and Wojciech Żywny. Among people deceased in 1819, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ranks 13. Before him are Kamehameha I, Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier. After him are Abbé Faria, Sophie Blanchard, John Marshall, Erik Acharius, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ranks 1,707 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Roger Ducos (1747), Marie de Gournay (1565), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Christian de Castries (1902). After him are Joseph Bédier (1864), Marcel Renault (1872), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Anna de Noailles (1876), and Arnaud Amalric (1160).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ranks 410. Before him are Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Everard des Barres (1113), Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), Renata of Lorraine (1544), Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560), and Roger Ducos (1747). After him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Beatrice of Provence (1229), Anne Gonzaga (1616), André de Montbard (1103), and Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438).

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