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Louis Blanc

1811 - 1882

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Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc ( blahn; French: [blɑ̃]; 29 October 1811 – 6 December 1882) was a French socialist politician, journalist and historian. He called for the creation of cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor. Although Blanc's ideas of the workers' cooperatives were never realized, his political and social ideas greatly contributed to the development of socialism in France. He wanted the government to encourage cooperatives and replace capitalist enterprises. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Blanc is the 3,066th most popular politician (down from 2,637th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Spain (down from 229th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Spanish Politician.

Louis Blanc is most famous for being a French socialist who wrote the book "The Organization of Labor" which was published in 1839.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Blanc ranks 3,066 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis, Count of Vendôme, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Anthony of Saxony, Publius Valerius Publicola, Ladislaus II of Hungary, and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Bardylis, Heonjong of Joseon, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Louis III of Anjou, Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Louis Blanc ranks 15. Before him are Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Vissarion Belinsky, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, and François Achille Bazaine. After him are Ambroise Thomas, Elisha Otis, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, George Gilbert Scott, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and Jón Sigurðsson. Among people deceased in 1882, Louis Blanc ranks 12. Before him are Jesse James, Theodor Schwann, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Francesco Hayez, Bruno Bauer, and Léon Gambetta. After him are Joseph Liouville, John Nelson Darby, William Stanley Jevons, Vasily Perov, Thomas Hill Green, and Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Louis Blanc ranks 250 out of 3,355. Before him are Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), Carmen Maura (1945), Jordi Savall (1941), and Pomponius Mela (15). After him are Nachmanides (1194), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), Jesús Franco (1930), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), and Pompeia Plotina (65).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Louis Blanc ranks 89. Before him are Lluís Companys (1882), Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), and Gaius Julius Vindex (25). After him are Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Liuvigild (525), Felipe González (1942), Huneric (450), and Alfonso I of Asturias (693).

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