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François Furet

1927 - 1997

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François Furet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa fyʁɛ]; 27 March 1927 – 12 July 1997) was a French historian and president of the Saint-Simon Foundation, best known for his books on the French Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Furet has received more than 158,956 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). François Furet is the 119th most popular historian (down from 108th in 2019), the 1,962nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,846th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Historian.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, François Furet ranks 119 out of 339. Before him are Michael Rostovtzeff, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, C. Northcote Parkinson, Peter Burke, Richard Sennett, and Golo Mann. After him are Árni Magnússon, Anthony Blunt, Evagrius Scholasticus, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Pierre Nora, and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, François Furet ranks 100. Before him are Bob Fosse, Eldar Ryazanov, Paul Badura-Skoda, R. D. Laing, Dick Bruna, and Robert Plutchik. After him are Vasile Milea, Sabah, Marvin Harris, Ken Russell, Vladimir Shatalov, and Carlo Maria Martini. Among people deceased in 1997, François Furet ranks 81. Before him are Giuseppe De Santis, Manfred von Ardenne, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Samuel Fuller, Gunpei Yokoi, and Hastings Banda. After him are Virgilio Barco Vargas, Andrew Cunanan, Walter Gotell, Bo Widerberg, Jean Françaix, and Jean-Dominique Bauby.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Furet ranks 1,962 out of 6,011. Before him are Henri Pitot (1695), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Hugh Magnus (1007), and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920). After him are Pierre Plantard (1920), Henri Duparc (1848), Catherine Spaak (1945), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Louis-Michel van Loo (1707), and Léon Brillouin (1889).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, François Furet ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Georges Duby (1919), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929). After him are Pierre Nora (1931), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Augustin Thierry (1795), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), and Charles Diehl (1859).

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