SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jacques Roux

1752 - 1794

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Jacques Roux (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʁu]; 21 August 1752 – 10 February 1794) was a radical Roman Catholic Red priest who took an active role in politics during the French Revolution. He skillfully expounded the ideals of popular democracy and classless society to crowds of Parisian sans-culottes, working class wage earners and shopkeepers, radicalizing them into a revolutionary force. He became a leader of a popular far-left. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Roux is the 211th most popular social activist (down from 155th in 2019), the 1,946th most popular biography from France (down from 1,432nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jacques Roux ranks 211 out of 840. Before him are David Sassoon, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Mangal Pandey, Emily Davison, Guru Ram Das, and Viktors Arājs. After him are Nayirah testimony, Moses Montefiore, Chen Sheng, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Huda Sha'arawi, and Fred Phelps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Jacques Roux ranks 12. Before him are Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Thomas Chatterton. After him are Infante Gabriel of Spain, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Nguyễn Huệ, John Nash, and Sébastien Érard. Among people deceased in 1794, Jacques Roux ranks 30. Before him are Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gottfried August Bürger, James Lind, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, and Caspar Friedrich Wolff. After him are Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fabre d'Églantine, James Bruce, and Paisius Velichkovsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Roux ranks 1,946 out of 6,770. Before him are Heinz Harmel (1906), Germaine Dulac (1882), Elias, Duke of Parma (1880), Antoine Barnave (1761), Berengar of Tours (998), and Itta of Metz (592). After him are Varro Atacinus (-82), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), and Henri, Prince of Condé (1588).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Jacques Roux ranks 13. Before him are Flora Tristan (1803), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Abbé Pierre (1912), and Balthasar Gérard (1557). After him are Ravachol (1859), Marina Ginestà (1919), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Guillaume Cale (1350), Martin Guerre (1524), and Germaine Tillion (1907).

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