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Alain Decaux

1925 - 2016

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Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Decaux has received more than 43,040 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Decaux is the 5,047th most popular writer (down from 4,563rd in 2019), the 4,307th most popular biography from France (down from 3,831st in 2019) and the 559th most popular French Writer.

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  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alain Decaux ranks 5,047 out of 5,755. Before him are Cornelia Sorabji, Miron Białoszewski, Vladimir Bogomolov, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Atis Kronvalds, and Joseph Victor von Scheffel. After him are Jonathan Stroud, Herberto Hélder, Robert J. Sawyer, Jan Lechoń, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sándor Bródy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alain Decaux ranks 372. Before him are Pasieguito, Ravindra Kelekar, June Lockhart, Gwen Verdon, Art Larsen, and John Shepherd-Barron. After him are Rosemary Murphy, Mel Tormé, Robert Hirsch, Tony Hillerman, Pasquale Fornara, and Eddi Arent. Among people deceased in 2016, Alain Decaux ranks 365. Before him are Fritz Herkenrath, Wim van der Voort, Muhamed Mujić, Alphons Egli, Michael Herr, and Stanley Mandelstam. After him are Marcel Artelesa, Daniela Dessì, Liz Smith, Raúl Cárdenas, Fernando Cardenal, and Mose Allison.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Decaux ranks 4,307 out of 6,011. Before him are Sandrine Kiberlain (1968), Daniel Robin (1943), Jean Stern (1875), Yves Dreyfus (1931), Bernard Darniche (1942), and Mohamed Sissoko (1985). After him are Julieta Lanteri (1873), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Richard Gasquet (1986), Georges Beaucourt (1912), Marcel Artelesa (1938), and Bernard Bosquier (1942).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alain Decaux ranks 559. Before him are Francis de Miomandre (1880), Pascal Lainé (1942), Thierry Meyssan (1957), Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589), Joseph Roumanille (1818), and Henri Béraud (1885). After him are Anatole Le Braz (1859), Isabelle Collin Dufresne (1935), Jacques Jasmin (1798), Armand Lanoux (1913), Marie NDiaye (1967), and Antoine Blondin (1922).

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