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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

1680 - 1767

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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743. He was the younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville is the 276th most popular explorer (up from 422nd in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Canada (up from 420th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 276 out of 498. Before him are Juan Fernández, Hjalmar Johansen, Aleksei Chirikov, Pyotr Kozlov, Grigory Shelikhov, and Charles Wilkes. After him are Richard Chancellor, László Almásy, William Smith, Pierre Poivre, Willem de Vlamingh, and Estêvão Gomes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 12. Before him are Saliha Sultan, James Anderson, Charles Vane, Richard Cantillon, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann. After him are Emanuele d'Astorga, John Machin, Ephraim Chambers, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Angelo Maria Querini, and Philippe Néricault Destouches. Among people deceased in 1767, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 12. Before him are Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Emer de Vattel, Johann Schobert, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Étienne de Silhouette, and Ekkathat. After him are Firmin Abauzit, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Giacomo Ceruti, Charles Townshend, and Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 208 out of 1,622. Before him are Joseph Wiseman (1918), Robbie Robertson (1943), Vincent Massey (1887), George Eaton (1945), Arthur Hiller (1923), and David Hall (1875). After him are Alfred Aho (1941), Hayden Christensen (1981), Phil Esposito (1942), Paul Haggis (1953), Alanis Morissette (1974), and Robert H. MacArthur (1930).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 2. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844). After him are Louis Jolliet (1645), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and Edward Belcher (1799).

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