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ARCHAEOLOGIST

André Leroi-Gourhan

1911 - 1986

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André Leroi-Gourhan (; French: [ləʁwa guʁɑ̃]; 25 August 1911 – 19 February 1986) was a French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist with an interest in technology and aesthetics and a penchant for philosophical reflection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Leroi-Gourhan has received more than 98,611 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). André Leroi-Gourhan is the 35th most popular archaeologist (down from 29th in 2019), the 2,151st most popular biography from France (down from 2,083rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 35 out of 104. Before him are Othniel Charles Marsh, Robert Ballard, Neferkare Tereru, Ami Boué, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, and George Gaylord Simpson. After him are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Max Mallowan, Yuri Knorozov, Henri Breuil, Ernst Curtius, and George Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 93. Before him are David Seymour, Luis Walter Alvarez, André Claveau, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Roberto Matta, and Maureen O'Sullivan. After him are Hans Woellke, Karl Frenzel, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Zenkō Suzuki, Danny Kaye, and Martin Sandberger. Among people deceased in 1986, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 85. Before him are Ferdinand Daučík, Aleksandr Akimov, Pierre Fournier, Emilio Fernández, Nicholas Kaldor, and Cheikh Anta Diop. After him are Jacques Henri Lartigue, Jorge Alessandri, Hermann Gmeiner, Henri Toivonen, Mart Stam, and Ding Ling.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 2,151 out of 6,011. Before him are Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Amalric of Bena (1150), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), Manitas de Plata (1921), and Henri Gouraud (1867). After him are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Augustin Thierry (1795), Carle Vernet (1758), Alexis Korner (1928), and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France

Among archaeologists born in France, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 5. Before him are Jean-François Champollion (1790), Austen Henry Layard (1817), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), and Paul Pelliot (1878). After him are Henri Breuil (1877), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), Victor Loret (1859), François Bordes (1919), and André Parrot (1901).

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