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Alain Besançon

1932 - 2023

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Alain Besançon (25 April 1932 – 9 July 2023) was a French historian. He specialised in intellectual history and Russian politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Besançon has received more than 31,476 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Besançon is the 332nd most popular historian, the 3,870th most popular biography from France and the 49th most popular French Historian.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Alain Besançon ranks 332 out of 561. Before him are Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Heinrich Gelzer, Deborah Lipstadt, Donald Keene, Julien Ries, and Stephen E. Ambrose. After him are Nicholas Adontz, Mykhailo Maksymovych, Walter Burkert, Edward Granville Browne, Paul Kennedy, and Israel Gutman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alain Besançon ranks 256. Before him are Miroslav Hroch, Turgay Şeren, Banharn Silpa-archa, Phyllida Law, Sergio Toppi, and Sven Lindqvist. After him are Felicia Farr, Mongo Beti, Edgar Reitz, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jean Stablinski, and Carlos Borges. Among people deceased in 2023, Alain Besançon ranks 344. Before him are Marcos Alonso, Tatjana Patitz, Murtaza Rakhimov, Elisabeth Kopp, Anderl Molterer, and Dževad Karahasan. After him are Helena Pilejczyk, Abraham Lempel, Alfredo Rojas, Bill Hayden, Wilferd Madelung, and Renate Boy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Besançon ranks 3,870 out of 6,770. Before him are Bruno Rodzik (1935), Paul César Helleu (1859), Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Claude Miller (1942), Édouard Colonne (1838), and Paul Cambon (1843). After him are Léon-Paul Fargue (1876), Philippe Léotard (1940), Charles Pasqua (1927), Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Jean de Brébeuf (1593), and Pierre Poujade (1920).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Alain Besançon ranks 49. Before him are Jean Delumeau (1923), Stéphane Courtois (1947), André Clot (1909), Joseph-François Michaud (1767), George Cœdès (1886), and Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674). After him are Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Ernest Lavisse (1842), Marc Fumaroli (1932), Pierre Chaunu (1923), and Alain Daniélou (1907).

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