POLITICIAN

Paul Barras

1755 - 1829

Photo of Paul Barras

Icon of person Paul Barras

Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras (French: [bara:s]; 30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829), commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795–1799. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Barras is the 1,352nd most popular politician (down from 945th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from France (down from 346th in 2019) and the 112th most popular French Politician.

Paul Barras was a French politician who served as a member of the National Convention, the Council of Five Hundred, and the Director. He was most famous for being the President of the Directory, which was the executive body of France from 1795 to 1799.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Paul Barras by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Barras ranks 1,352 out of 19,576. Before him are Klement Gottwald, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Robert I of France, Qin Er Shi, Lou Henry Hoover, and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan. After him are Afonso V of Portugal, Romanos I Lekapenos, Calpurnia, Tabaré Vázquez, Jianwen Emperor, and Francesco I Sforza.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Paul Barras ranks 4. Before him are Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII of France, and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. After him are Axel von Fersen the Younger, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, James Parkinson, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, and Anthony of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1829, Paul Barras ranks 9. Before him are Niels Henrik Abel, John Jay, Friedrich Schlegel, Humphry Davy, Thomas Young, and Maria Anna Mozart. After him are François-Joseph Gossec, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Mauro Giuliani, Alexander Griboyedov, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg.

Others Born in 1755

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1829

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Paul Barras ranks 454 out of 6,770. Before him are Ernest Renan (1823), Henry of Flanders (1174), Jean Genet (1910), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), and Robert I of France (860). After him are Émile Bernard (1868), Theodor Eicke (1892), Leslie Caron (1931), André Le Nôtre (1613), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), and Alphonse de Lamartine (1790).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Paul Barras ranks 112. Before him are Pierre Laval (1883), Antoine of Navarre (1518), Aristide Briand (1862), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Henry of Flanders (1174), and Robert I of France (860). After him are Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), Louis III of France (863), Lazare Carnot (1753), Albert Lebrun (1871), and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852).

French born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous