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Nicolas Chamfort

1741 - 1794

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Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort (French: [ʃɑ̃fɔʁ]; 6 April 1741 – 13 April 1794), was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Chamfort is the 1,017th most popular writer (down from 999th in 2019), the 1,176th most popular biography from France (down from 1,135th in 2019) and the 148th most popular French Writer.

Nicolas Chamfort was a French writer, journalist, and revolutionary who is most famous for his witty aphorisms.

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Among writers, Nicolas Chamfort ranks 1,017 out of 7,302. Before him are Dalton Trumbo, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Khachatur Abovian, André Bazin, Yosa Buson, and Fyodor Tyutchev. After him are Johann Peter Eckermann, Clément Marot, Eleanor H. Porter, Ann Radcliffe, John Fowles, and Gregory Skovoroda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Nicolas Chamfort ranks 13. Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Emperor Momozono, Benedict Arnold, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Kaspar Lavater, and Andrea Luchesi. After him are Jean-Antoine Houdon, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augustin Barruel, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Arthur Young. Among people deceased in 1794, Nicolas Chamfort ranks 17. Before him are Alexandre de Beauharnais, André Chénier, Georges Couthon, William Jones, Jacques Hébert, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. After him are Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Sheikh Mansur, and Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Chamfort ranks 1,176 out of 6,770. Before him are Marion Cotillard (1975), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Kylian Mbappé (1998), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611), and Desireless (1952). After him are Clément Marot (1495), Émile Gallé (1846), Jean Todt (1946), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), and Alain Touraine (1925).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Nicolas Chamfort ranks 148. Before him are Sonia Rykiel (1930), Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jacques Hébert (1757), Joachim du Bellay (1522), and André Bazin (1918). After him are Clément Marot (1495), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Paulinus of Nola (354), and Raymond Radiguet (1903).

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