LINGUIST

Claude Piron

1931 - 2008

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Claude Piron, also known by the pseudonym Johán Valano, was a Swiss psychologist, Esperantist, translator, and writer. He worked as a translator for the United Nations from 1956 to 1961 and then for the World Health Organization. He was a prolific author of Esperanto works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Piron has received more than 47,312 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Piron is the 64th most popular linguist (down from 55th in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 265th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Claude Piron ranks 64 out of 214. Before him are Karl Brugmann, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Matthias Castrén, Vilém Mathesius, and Louis Duchesne. After him are Joshua Fishman, Louis de Beaufront, Friedrich Christian Diez, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Boris Kolker, and Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Claude Piron ranks 154. Before him are Dan Gurney, Igor Oistrakh, Daniel Ellsberg, Roman Opałka, E. L. Doctorow, and Guido de Marco. After him are Magali Noël, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Shintaro Katsu, Freddy Quinn, Peter Collins, and Mukaghali Makatayev. Among people deceased in 2008, Claude Piron ranks 96. Before him are Kon Ichikawa, Dan Shomron, Boris Shakhlin, Paul Scofield, Jean Delannoy, and Paul Frère. After him are Marcial Maciel, Estelle Getty, Sofiko Chiaureli, Pak Song-chol, Arthur Chung, and Mitch Mitchell.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Claude Piron ranks 308 out of 1,190. Before him are William of Moerbeke (1215), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Frans Janssens (1945), Stradanus (1523), James Weddell (1787), and Odilon Polleunis (1943). After him are Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Guido Gezelle (1830), Hendrik Conscience (1812), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), and Henry of Ghent (1217).

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Among LINGUISTS In Belgium

Among linguists born in Belgium, Claude Piron ranks 1. 

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