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Louis-Jules Trochu

1815 - 1896

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Louis-Jules Trochu (French: [lwi ʒyl tʁɔʃy]; 12 March 1815 – 7 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician. He served as President of the Government of National Defense—France's de facto head of state—from 4 September 1870 until his resignation on 22 January 1871 (although he retained the role symbolically until the legislative elections of February 1871). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis-Jules Trochu is the 3,461st most popular politician (down from 2,696th in 2019), the 1,053rd most popular biography from France (down from 900th in 2019) and the 248th most popular French Politician.

Trochu was most famous for being the military governor of Paris during the Siege of Paris.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis-Jules Trochu ranks 3,461 out of 19,576Before him are Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, Causantín mac Cináeda, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Duke of Zhou, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, and Pál Teleki. After him are Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Fumimaro Konoe, Christopher II of Denmark, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Ebrahim Raisi, and Ferdinand II of León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Louis-Jules Trochu ranks 11Before him are John A. Macdonald, George Boole, Karl Weierstrass, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Thomas Couture. After him are Ildefons Cerdà, Ľudovít Štúr, Julia Margaret Cameron, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Lorenz von Stein, and Richard Henry Dana Jr.. Among people deceased in 1896, Louis-Jules Trochu ranks 18Before him are John Everett Millais, José Rizal, Harriet Beecher Stowe, H. H. Holmes, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and Edmond de Goncourt. After him are Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Prince Henry of Battenberg, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., and John Langdon Down.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis-Jules Trochu ranks 1,053 out of 6,770Before him are Michel Rolle (1652), Marcel Dupré (1886), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), Thierry Henry (1977), and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778). After him are Stéphane Audran (1932), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Jean Giraud (1938), Jean Moulin (1899), Maurice Druon (1918), and Charles III of Navarre (1361).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis-Jules Trochu ranks 248Before him are Sigebert II (602), Magdalena of France (1443), Inessa Armand (1874), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778). After him are Jean Moulin (1899), Charles III of Navarre (1361), Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), Tetricus I (250), and Louisa Maria Stuart (1692).