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Ravachol

1859 - 1892

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François Claudius Ravachol (French: [ʁavaʃɔl]; born Koenigstein; 14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892) was a French illegalist anarchist mainly known for his terrorist activism, impact, the myths developed around his figure and his influence on the anarchist movement in France. Born in 1859 in Saint-Chamond, in the Saint-Étienne area, Ravachol grew up in poverty and domestic violence. Later, he began a life of crime marked by the murder and robbery of a rich hermit. In this city, Ravachol gradually adopted anarchist ideas and met other activists, such as Rosalie Soubère and Joseph Jas-Béala. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ravachol is the 228th most popular social activist (down from 215th in 2019), the 2,125th most popular biography from France (down from 1,931st in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ravachol ranks 228 out of 840. Before him are Ludolf von Alvensleben, Martin Luther King Sr., Lepa Radić, Dmitry Muratov, Christabel Pankhurst, and Campaspe. After him are Sophia Perovskaya, Sergey Taboritsky, Gloria Steinem, Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, and Mordechai Vanunu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Ravachol ranks 47. Before him are Adolf Hurwitz, Havelock Ellis, Feng Guozhang, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Georg Alexander Pick, and Takeda Sōkaku. After him are Sen Katayama, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Radko Dimitriev, Léon Duguit, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, and Walther von Lüttwitz. Among people deceased in 1892, Ravachol ranks 30. Before him are George Biddell Airy, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Cyrus West Field, John Pope, Jules Perrot, and Emin Pasha. After him are Yoshitoshi, Peter Nicolai Arbo, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Hermann Burmeister, Hervé, and Ernest Guiraud.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ravachol ranks 2,125 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Henri Cochet (1901), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Alan Stivell (1944), and Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769). After him are Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Jacques de Morgan (1857), Jehanne D'Alcy (1865), Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), William de Longchamp (1101), and Jean Françaix (1912).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Ravachol ranks 14. Before him are Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Abbé Pierre (1912), Balthasar Gérard (1557), and Jacques Roux (1752). After him are Marina Ginestà (1919), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Guillaume Cale (1350), Martin Guerre (1524), Germaine Tillion (1907), and François-Jean de la Barre (1745).

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