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Alain Bombard

1924 - 2005

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Alain Bombard (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ bɔ̃baʁ]; Paris, 27 October 1924 – Paris, 19 July 2005) was a French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing in a small boat across the Atlantic Ocean without provision. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Bombard has received more than 138,145 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alain Bombard is the 270th most popular biologist (up from 350th in 2019), the 2,410th most popular biography from France (up from 2,655th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alain Bombard ranks 270 out of 841. Before him are René Lesson, Stephan Endlicher, Clair Cameron Patterson, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, June Almeida, and Fritz Müller. After him are Erich von Tschermak, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Valerius Cordus, Carl Hagenbeck, Arthur Tansley, and Thomas Cavalier-Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Alain Bombard ranks 136. Before him are Edward Cassidy, Alexander Haig, Zbigniew Herbert, József Zakariás, Sabine Weiss, and Idries Shah. After him are Fess Parker, Raymond Barre, Kim Song-ae, Karlheinz Deschner, George Mikan, and Yehuda Amichai. Among people deceased in 2005, Alain Bombard ranks 89. Before him are Ed McBain, Alexander Yakovlev, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Alberto Lattuada, Annette Stroyberg, and Sandra Dee. After him are Simone Simon, Monica Zetterlund, Eddie Guerrero, George Mikan, Frits Philips, and Johnny Carson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Bombard ranks 2,410 out of 6,011. Before him are Alexandre Ribot (1842), Charles de Brosses (1709), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Otto, Duke of Burgundy (945), Ford Madox Brown (1821), and Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844). After him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607), René Crevel (1900), Simone Simon (1911), and Marie Trintignant (1962).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Alain Bombard ranks 36. Before him are Félix d'Herelle (1873), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Johann Hermann (1738), René Lesson (1794), and Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777). After him are Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Charles Plumier (1646), Guillaume Rondelet (1507), and Philibert Commerson (1727).

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