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Jacques Hébert

1757 - 1794

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Jacques René Hébert (French: [ʒak ʁəne ebɛʁ]; 15 November 1757 – 24 March 1794) was a French journalist and leader of the French Revolution. As the founder and editor of the radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne, he had thousands of followers known as the Hébertists (French Hébertistes). A proponent of the Reign of Terror, he was eventually guillotined. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Hébert is the 989th most popular writer (down from 455th in 2019), the 1,145th most popular biography from France (down from 537th in 2019) and the 145th most popular French Writer.

Jacques Hébert was a journalist, a member of the French National Convention, and a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was famous for his radical opinions and for his role in the Reign of Terror.

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Among writers, Jacques Hébert ranks 989 out of 7,302. Before him are Philip Pullman, Basava, George of Pisidia, George Gissing, Lawrence Durrell, and Taha Hussein. After him are Hartmann von Aue, Sherwood Anderson, Joachim du Bellay, Ghassan Kanafani, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Branislav Nušić.

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Among people born in 1757, Jacques Hébert ranks 9. Before him are William Blake, Antonio Canova, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Pierre Augereau, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Robert Smith. After him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, George Vancouver, and Ignaz Pleyel. Among people deceased in 1794, Jacques Hébert ranks 15. Before him are Élisabeth of France, Georg Forster, Alexandre de Beauharnais, André Chénier, Georges Couthon, and William Jones. After him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, and Rudolf Erich Raspe.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Hébert ranks 1,145 out of 6,770. Before him are François Cevert (1944), James II of Majorca (1243), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Édouard Vuillard (1868), and Antoine César Becquerel (1788). After him are Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Jacques Rivette (1928), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Paul Landowski (1875), Balthus (1908), and Joachim du Bellay (1522).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Hébert ranks 145. Before him are George Steiner (1929), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Victorien Sardou (1831), and Heinrich Kramer (1430). After him are Joachim du Bellay (1522), André Bazin (1918), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Clément Marot (1495), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), and Jean-Claude Carrière (1931).

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