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Louis Riel

1844 - 1885

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Louis Riel (; French: [lwi ʁjɛl]; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to defend Métis rights and identity as the Northwest Territories came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence. The first resistance movement led by Riel was the Red River Resistance of 1869–1870. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Riel is the 7,989th most popular politician (up from 8,552nd in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Canada (down from 135th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Riel ranks 7,989 out of 19,576. Before him are Ibzan, Soong Ai-ling, Ii Naomasa, Morarji Desai, Emperor Gao of Southern Qi, and Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł. After him are Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Anatoly Lukyanov, Guttorm of Norway, Józef Beck, Li Keyong, and John Spata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Louis Riel ranks 41. Before him are Saitō Hajime, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Thomas Eakins, Minna Canth, Mihály Munkácsy, and Victorine Meurent. After him are Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Vasily Polenov, Garret Hobart, Eduard Strasburger, Anna Lea Merritt, and Jenny Longuet. Among people deceased in 1885, Louis Riel ranks 27. Before him are Iwasaki Yatarō, Moses Montefiore, Zuo Zongtang, Aga Khan II, Gustav Nachtigal, and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia. After him are Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Thomas A. Hendricks, George B. McClellan, and Pierre Edmond Boissier.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Louis Riel ranks 139 out of 1,622. Before him are Walter Huston (1883), David Morrell (1943), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Rocky Johnson (1944), Tommy Burns (1881), and William Osler (1849). After him are Ryan Gosling (1980), Rachel McAdams (1978), Stephen Harper (1959), Paul Martin (1938), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), and Robin Sharma (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Louis Riel ranks 14. Before him are Lester B. Pearson (1897), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Mark Carney (1965), Jean Chrétien (1934), Bonar Law (1858), and Tommy Burns (1881). After him are Stephen Harper (1959), Paul Martin (1938), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Brian Mulroney (1939), and Wilfrid Laurier (1841).

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