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Philippe Pétain

1856 - 1951

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Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (French: [filip petɛ̃]; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain (French: maréchal Pétain, [maʁeʃal petɛ̃]), was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II. Pétain was admitted to the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1876 and pursued a career in the military, achieving the rank of colonel by the outbreak of World War I. He led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief and succeeded in restoring control. Pétain remained in command for the rest of the war and emerged as a national hero. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Pétain is the 327th most popular politician (down from 269th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from France (down from 109th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Politician.

Philippe Pétain is most famous for being the leader of the Vichy government during World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philippe Pétain ranks 327 out of 19,576. Before him are Syngman Rhee, Leo I the Thracian, Theodoric the Great, Salvador Allende, Sukarno, and Macrinus. After him are Lavrentiy Beria, Droupadi Murmu, Şehzade Mustafa, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Numa Pompilius, and Cardinal Mazarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Philippe Pétain ranks 5. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Sigmund Freud, J. J. Thomson, and George Bernard Shaw. After him are Woodrow Wilson, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Emil Kraepelin. Among people deceased in 1951, Philippe Pétain ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, and André Gide. After him are Arnold Schoenberg, Ferdinand Porsche, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Arnold Sommerfeld, Abdullah I of Jordan, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, René Guénon, and Hermann Broch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Pétain ranks 121 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Innocent VI (1282), Anatole France (1844), François Mitterrand (1916), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), André Gide (1869), and Nicolas Poussin (1594). After him are Catherine of Valois (1401), Joseph Fourier (1768), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Philip II of France (1165), Charles Aznavour (1924), and Peter Abelard (1079).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philippe Pétain ranks 29. Before him are Louis IX of France (1214), Louis Philippe I (1773), Louis XII of France (1462), Henry II of France (1519), Louis the Pious (778), and François Mitterrand (1916). After him are Philip II of France (1165), François Hollande (1954), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Charles VII of France (1403), Hugh Capet (940), and Charles IX of France (1550).

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