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Jacques Massu

1908 - 2002

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Jacques Émile Massu (French pronunciation: [ʒak masy]; 5 May 1908 – 26 October 2002) was a French general who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War, the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis. He led French troops in the Battle of Algiers, first supporting and later denouncing their use of torture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Massu is the 1,096th most popular military personnel (down from 871st in 2019), the 2,830th most popular biography from France (down from 2,261st in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jacques Massu ranks 1,096 out of 2,058. Before him are Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Horatio Gates, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Alexios Apokaukos, Gylippus, and Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington. After him are Cristóbal de Olid, Otto Baum, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Tatikios, and Isamu Chō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jacques Massu ranks 138. Before him are Krystyna Skarbek, Jack Williamson, David Marshall, Vazgen I, Françoise Dolto, and Juan López Fontana. After him are Johanna Budwig, Petro Shelest, Mel Blanc, Luis Regueiro, Karel Ančerl, and Giacomo Manzù. Among people deceased in 2002, Jacques Massu ranks 112. Before him are Inge Morath, Waylon Jennings, Andre DeToth, Brad Dexter, Eugenio Coșeriu, and Joseph Bonanno. After him are Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Igor Ansoff, André Delvaux, Franjo Kuharić, Barbara Valentin, and Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Massu ranks 2,830 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons (1606), Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate (1652), Philippe Nahon (1938), Pierre Bézier (1910), and Jean Pierre Flourens (1794). After him are Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Charles Floquet (1828), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Julius Leber (1891), and Marcel Griaule (1898).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jacques Massu ranks 106. Before him are Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), Wilhelm Falley (1897), and Gaston Billotte (1875). After him are Abraham Duquesne (1610), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi (1788), and Charles Mangin (1866).

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