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Louise Michel

1830 - 1905

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Louise Michel (French: [lwiz miʃɛl] ; 29 May 1830 – 9 January 1905) was a teacher and prominent figure during the Paris Commune. Following her penal transportation to New Caledonia she began to embrace anarchism, and upon her return to France she emerged as an important French anarchist, and went on speaking tours across Europe. The journalist Brian Doherty has called her the "French grande dame of anarchy." Her use of a black flag at a demonstration in Paris in March 1883 was the earliest known instance of what would become known as the anarchy black flag. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Michel is the 104th most popular social activist (down from 103rd in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from France (down from 923rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Social Activist.

Louise Michel was a French anarchist and feminist who was most famous for her role in the Paris Commune.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Louise Michel ranks 104 out of 840. Before her are Errico Malatesta, Mairead Maguire, Frank Costello, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Léon Jouhaux, and Lee Radziwill. After her are Augusto César Sandino, Antipope Clement III, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, Fanny Kaplan, John Brown, and Fra Dolcino.

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Among people born in 1830, Louise Michel ranks 16. Before her are Porfirio Díaz, Hector Malot, Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, and Hans von Bülow. After her are Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Élisée Reclus, Étienne-Jules Marey, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Albert Günther, and Karl Goldmark. Among people deceased in 1905, Louise Michel ranks 9. Before her are Muhammad Abduh, Ernst Abbe, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Adolph Menzel, and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia. After her are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Albert Edelfelt, Élisée Reclus, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louise Michel ranks 943 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Francis, Count of Vendôme (1470), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Lucile Randon (1904), Didier Deschamps (1968), and Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703). After her are Louis III of Anjou (1403), Bruno Cremer (1929), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), Bertrada of Laon (720), Marie Laforêt (1939), and François Christophe de Kellermann (1735).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Louise Michel ranks 5. Before her are Charlotte Corday (1768), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), and Léon Jouhaux (1879). After her are René Just Haüy (1743), Flora Tristan (1803), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Abbé Pierre (1912), and Balthasar Gérard (1557).

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