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Jean Sylvain Bailly

1736 - 1793

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Jean Sylvain Bailly (French: [ʒɑ̃ silvɛ̃ baji]; 15 September 1736 – 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Sylvain Bailly is the 2,621st most popular politician (down from 2,114th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from France (down from 726th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular French Politician.

Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer and mathematician who was most famous for being the first president of the National Assembly of France.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 2,621 out of 19,576. Before him are Yazid II, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Vasily I of Moscow, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Louise of Savoy, and Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga. After him are William IV, Prince of Orange, Emperor Nakamikado, Alp-Tegin, Eric V of Denmark, Choe Yong-gon, and Juba I of Numidia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 4. Before him are James Watt, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. After him are Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Among people deceased in 1793, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 13. Before him are Olympe de Gouges, John Michell, Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Madame Roland. After him are Jacques Pierre Brissot, Alexander Roslin, Charles Bonnet, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, William Aiton, and Timur Shah Durrani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 834 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert Nivelle (1856), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Roscellinus (1050), Georges Sorel (1847), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), and Louise of Savoy (1476). After him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Henri Lefebvre (1901), and Henri Fantin-Latour (1836).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jean Sylvain Bailly ranks 193. Before him are Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), François Ravaillac (1578), Isabella of Hainault (1170), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), and Louise of Savoy (1476). After him are Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Auguste Mariette (1821), François Darlan (1881), Paul Reynaud (1878), and François Bayrou (1951).

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