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Jean-Paul Marat

1743 - 1793

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Jean-Paul Marat (UK: , US: , French: [ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa]; born Jean-Paul Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, a radical voice, and published his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers. His periodical L'Ami du peuple (The Friend of the People) made him an unofficial link with the radical Jacobin group that came to power after June 1793. His journalism was known for its fierce tone and uncompromising stance toward the new leaders and institutions of the revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Paul Marat is the 18th most popular social activist (down from 13th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Social Activist.

Jean-Paul Marat was a French revolutionary. He is most famous for being assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 18 out of 840. Before him are Aung San Suu Kyi, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Claus von Stauffenberg, Bertha von Suttner, Rosa Parks, and Nicholas Winton. After him are Gustav I of Sweden, Mary Harris Jones, Peter Kropotkin, Betty Williams, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Élie Ducommun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 4. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, and Madame du Barry. After him are Luigi Boccherini, Alessandro Cagliostro, Toussaint Louverture, Marquis de Condorcet, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Nicolai Abildgaard, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Martin Heinrich Klaproth. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 4. Before him are Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette, and Madame du Barry. After him are Carlo Goldoni, Charlotte Corday, Olympe de Gouges, John Michell, Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Madame Roland.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 16 out of 1,015. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Sepp Blatter (1936), Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746), Paul Klee (1879), Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861), and Charles Albert Gobat (1843). After him are K. Alex Müller (1927), Élie Ducommun (1833), Johann Bernoulli (1667), Francesco Borromini (1599), Diego Garcia (null), and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Switzerland

Among social activists born in Switzerland, Jean-Paul Marat ranks 3. Before him are Henry Dunant (1828), and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746). After him are Élie Ducommun (1833), Jean Ziegler (1934), Gustave Moynier (1826), Hector Hodler (1887), Felix Manz (1498), and Bruno Manser (1954).

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