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Victor Noir

1848 - 1870

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Victor Noir, born Yvan Salmon (27 July 1848 – 11 January 1870), was a French journalist. After he was shot and killed by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a cousin of the French Emperor Napoleon III (r. 1852–1870), Noir became a symbol of opposition to the imperial regime. His tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has become a fertility symbol. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Noir is the 18th most popular journalist (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,511th most popular biography from France (down from 1,249th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Victor Noir ranks 18 out of 196. Before him are W. T. Stead, Jean-Marie Balestre, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, Julian Assange, and David Seymour. After him are Robert Guérin, Gareth Jones, W. Eugene Smith, Alexander Berkman, Steve McCurry, and Endre Ady.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Victor Noir ranks 38. Before him are Hristo Botev, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Anna Boch, Guido von List, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, and Auguste Forel. After him are Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Vasily Surikov, Carl Stumpf, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Maximilian von Prittwitz, and Lothar von Trotha. Among people deceased in 1870, Victor Noir ranks 18. Before him are Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Princess Louise of Prussia, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Heinrich Gustav Magnus. After him are Anthony Mary Claret, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Jules de Goncourt, Ignaz Moscheles, and Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Victor Noir ranks 1,511 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Eugène Atget (1857), Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697), Philippe de Gaulle (1921), Julien Duvivier (1896), and Marcel Petiot (1897). After him are Henri Cartan (1904), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Arman (1928), Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Étienne Mourrut (1939), and Adalbert of Magdeburg (910).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Victor Noir ranks 3. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760), and Jean-Marie Balestre (1921). After him are Robert Guérin (1876), François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Bernard Pivot (1935), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Robbie Ross (1869), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Catherine Leroy (1944).

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