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Jacques Pierre Brissot

1754 - 1793

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Jacques Pierre Brissot (French pronunciation: [ʒak pjɛʁ bʁiso], 15 January 1754 – 31 October 1793), also known as Brissot de Warville, was a French journalist, abolitionist, and revolutionary leading the faction of Girondins (initially called Brissotins) at the National Convention in Paris. The Girondins favored exporting the revolution and opposed a concentration of power in Paris. He collaborated on the Mercure de France and the Courier de l'Europe, which sympathized with the insurgents in the American colonies. In February 1788, Brissot founded the anti-slavery Society of the Friends of the Blacks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Pierre Brissot is the 2,820th most popular politician (down from 2,111th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from France (down from 725th in 2019) and the 207th most popular French Politician.

Jacques Pierre Brissot was a French politician, writer, and leader of the Girondist movement. He was a prominent figure in the French Revolution, and was executed by guillotine in 1793.

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Among politicians, Jacques Pierre Brissot ranks 2,820 out of 19,576. Before him are Canute IV of Denmark, Nawal El Saadawi, Ayşe Sultan, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Pervez Musharraf, and Attalus II Philadelphus. After him are Sigismund of Burgundy, Emperor Nintoku, Jehoash of Israel, Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Aulus Plautius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Jacques Pierre Brissot ranks 9. Before him are Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Joseph Proust, Georg Forster, Seraphim of Sarov, and Madame Roland. After him are Frederick I of Württemberg, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, and Louis de Bonald. Among people deceased in 1793, Jacques Pierre Brissot ranks 14. Before him are John Michell, Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Madame Roland, and Jean Sylvain Bailly. After him are Alexander Roslin, Charles Bonnet, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, William Aiton, Timur Shah Durrani, and Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Pierre Brissot ranks 888 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), Claude Chappe (1763), Robert-François Damiens (1715), Louis the Blind (880), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), and Vincent Cassel (1966). After him are Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Saint Remigius (437), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jacques Pierre Brissot ranks 207. Before him are Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Renée of France (1510), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), and Louis the Blind (880). After him are Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Theuderic II (587), Alix of France (1151), Georges Couthon (1755), and Jean Casimir-Perier (1847).

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