# Émile Gentil

> Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and military leader. He headed two military missions to conquer and consolidate territories north from modern Gabon to Chad. In 1902 Gentil was named commissioner-general of the French Congo residing at Brazzaville. Gabon's second-largest city Port-Gentil was named for him.

*French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader (1866-1914)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1866-04-04
- **Died:** 1914-03-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Émile Gentil](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Эміль Жантыль](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [Émile Gentil](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Émile Gentil](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Émile Gentil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Émile Gentil](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Émile Gentil](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Émile Gentil](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Gentil)
- [Жантиль, Эмиль](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285940)

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