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Robert Surcouf

1773 - 1827

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Robert Surcouf (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ syʁkuf]; 12 December 1773 – 8 July 1827) was a French privateer, businessman and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean from 1789 to 1808 during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Capturing over 40 prizes, he later amassed a large fortune from a variety of commercial activities, such as ship-owning, privateering, slave trading and owning land. Surcouf started his maritime career as an officer on the ships Aurore, Courrier d'Afrique and Navigateur. Having risen to the rank of captain, he illegally engaged in slave trading onboard the slave ship Créole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Surcouf is the 8,258th most popular politician (down from 6,807th in 2019), the 2,371st most popular biography from France (down from 2,012th in 2019) and the 558th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Surcouf ranks 8,258 out of 19,576. Before him are Ricardo Martinelli, Vladimir Purishkevich, Spyros Kyprianou, Hōjō Sōun, Ivan Maisky, and Victor de Broglie. After him are George II of Georgia, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Double Falcon, Eleanor de Guzmán, Pete Buttigieg, and Petronilla of Aquitaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Robert Surcouf ranks 25. Before him are George Cayley, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Hussein Dey, and Étienne Maurice Gérard. After him are Thomas Horsfield, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Ioannis Kolettis, Arthur Aikin, Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Josef Jungmann. Among people deceased in 1827, Robert Surcouf ranks 19. Before him are George Canning, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Morten Thrane Brünnich, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, and Michel-Gabriel Paccard. After him are Ernst Chladni, Georgios Karaiskakis, Thomas Rowlandson, Heinrich Boie, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, and Charlotte von Stein.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Surcouf ranks 2,371 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822), Thomas Merton (1915), Othon de la Roche (1200), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), and Victor de Broglie (1785). After him are Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), François Habeneck (1781), Émile Boutroux (1845), Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414), Édouard Séguin (1812), and Jean Behra (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Robert Surcouf ranks 558. Before him are Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294), Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Michel de l'Hôpital (1505), Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), and Victor de Broglie (1785). After him are Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414), Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (1635), Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840), Lucile Desmoulins (1770), and William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (935).

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