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Maxime Weygand

1867 - 1965

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Maxime Weygand (French pronunciation: [vɛɡɑ̃]; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II, as well as a high ranking member of the Vichy regime. Born in Belgium, Weygand was raised in France and educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris. After graduating in 1887, he went on to become an instructor at the Saumur Cavalry School. During World War I, Weygand served as a staff officer to General (later Marshal) Ferdinand Foch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maxime Weygand is the 192nd most popular military personnel (down from 188th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 64th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

Weygand was a French general who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in France in World War II. He is most famous for his "Rallying the French" speech, which he gave on June 18, 1940, after the Germans invaded France.

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Among military personnels, Maxime Weygand ranks 192 out of 2,058. Before him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Felix Steiner, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Desmond Doss, and Paul Hausser. After him are Abraha, Gertrude Bell, Georg von Küchler, Captain Tom, Mikhail Frunze, and Djemal Pasha.

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Among people born in 1867, Maxime Weygand ranks 20. Before him are Käthe Kollwitz, Emil Nolde, Johannes Fibiger, Arnold Bennett, Natsume Sōseki, and Władysław Reymont. After him are Prince Maximilian of Baden, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Enrique Granados, Walther Rathenau, Stanley Baldwin, and Umberto Giordano. Among people deceased in 1965, Maxime Weygand ranks 20. Before him are Adlai Stevenson II, Edgard Varèse, Paul Hermann Müller, Moshe Sharett, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. After him are Louise Mountbatten, Nat King Cole, Dorothea Lange, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and Helena Rubinstein.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maxime Weygand ranks 73 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacob Jordaens (1593), François Englert (1932), Django Reinhardt (1910), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), and Gerard de Ridefort (1141). After him are Quentin Matsys (1466), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacques Rogge (1942), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), and Agnès Varda (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belgium

Among military personnels born in Belgium, Maxime Weygand ranks 2. Before him are Charles Martel (688). After him are Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020), and Gérard Leman (1851).

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