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Napoleon

1769 - 1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He led the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then ruled the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815. He was King of Italy from 1805 to 1814 and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine from 1806 to 1813. Born on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin, Napoleon moved to mainland France in 1779 and was commissioned as an officer in the French Royal Army in 1785. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Napoleon is the 4th most popular politician (down from 1st in 2019), the most popular biography from France and the most popular French Politician.

Napoleon is most famous for his military conquests and the establishment of the Napoleonic Code.

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Among politicians, Napoleon ranks 4 out of 19,576. Before him are Donald Trump, Cleopatra, and Elizabeth I of England. After him are Adolf Hitler, Jimmy Carter, Julius Caesar, Thomas Jefferson, Louis XIV of France, Joseph Stalin, Akbar, and Augustus.

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Among people born in 1769, Napoleon ranks 1. After him are Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Georges Cuvier, Michel Ney, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Jean Lannes, Ivan Krylov, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, André-Jacques Garnerin, and Ivan Kotliarevsky. Among people deceased in 1821, Napoleon ranks 1. After him are John Keats, Joseph de Maistre, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Caroline of Brunswick, Franz Karl Achard, John William Polidori, William I, Elector of Hesse, Gregory V of Constantinople, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Johann Jacob Schweppe.

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Among people born in France, Napoleon ranks 1 out of 6,770. After him are Louis XIV of France (1638), René Descartes (1596), Blaise Pascal (1623), Joan of Arc (1412), Louis XVI of France (1754), Victor Hugo (1802), Voltaire (1694), Louis Pasteur (1822), Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), and Molière (1622).

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Among politicians born in France, Napoleon ranks 1. After him are Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Louis XV of France (1710), Edward IV of England (1442), Caracalla (188), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Napoleon III (1808), and Louis XVIII of France (1755).

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