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Victor Schœlcher

1804 - 1893

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Victor Schœlcher (French: [viktɔʁ ʃœlʃɛʁ]; 22 July 1804 – 25 December 1893) was a French abolitionist, writer, politician and journalist, best known for his leading role in the abolition of slavery in France in 1848, during the Second Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Victor Schœlcher is the 13,485th most popular politician (down from 10,789th in 2024), the 3,996th most popular biography from France (down from 3,212th in 2019) and the 826th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Schœlcher ranks 13,485 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdelsalam Majali, Bob Hawke, Abdullah Ensour, Leila de Lima, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, and Alla Kushnir. After him are Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Gusakova, Mariano Melgarejo, Prince Hassan bin Talal, Heinrich Lammasch, and Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Victor Schœlcher ranks 58. Before him are Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Jules Dupuit, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Wilhelm Bendz, Gheorghe Bibescu, and Richard Cobden. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Mariana Pineda, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Mykhailo Maksymovych, Julius Benedict, and Johan Nicolai Madvig. Among people deceased in 1893, Victor Schœlcher ranks 63. Before him are Jean Dufresne, Grigory Gagarin, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Adolphe Yvon, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., and Michał Elwiro Andriolli. After him are Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Aloys Sprenger, Samuel Baker, Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano.

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In France

Among people born in France, Victor Schœlcher ranks 3,996 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Roger Michelot (1912), Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1878), Jacques Barrot (1937), Judith Gautier (1845), and Roger Carel (1927). After him are Robert Herbin (1939), Yvette Chauviré (1917), François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), and Richard Berry (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Victor Schœlcher ranks 826. Before him are Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Jacques Soustelle (1912), Gaston Defferre (1910), Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910), Geoffrey I of Provence (1013), and Jacques Barrot (1937). After him are Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Paul Cambon (1843), Louis Aliot (1969), Daniel Morelon (1944), Florence Arthaud (1957), and Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896).

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