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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 170,053 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. François Furet is the 132nd most popular historian (down from 119th in 2019), the 2,025th most popular biography from France (down from 1,955th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Historian.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, François Furet ranks 132 out of 561. Before him are Heinrich von Treitschke, Afet İnan, Aban ibn Uthman, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Peter Burke, and Emmanuel Todd. After him are Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Michael Attaleiates, Hieronymus Wolf, Jan Assmann, and Evagrius Scholasticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, François Furet ranks 108. Before him are Nguyễn Khánh, Yitzhak Hofi, Carlos José Castilho, Allen Newell, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, and Arthur Cohn. After him are Zbigniew Cybulski, Lee Grant, Óscar Míguez, Robert Plutchik, Paul Badura-Skoda, and Andy Williams. Among people deceased in 1997, François Furet ranks 86. Before him are Teiichi Matsumaru, Manfred von Ardenne, Stig Anderson, Samuel Fuller, Virgilio Barco Vargas, and Hastings Banda. After him are Kunihiko Kodaira, Giuseppe De Santis, Michael Hutchence, Kang Song-san, Andrés Rodríguez, and Jacinto Quincoces.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Furet ranks 2,025 out of 6,770. Before him are Bertrand Barère (1755), Emmanuel Todd (1951), Joseph Joubert (1754), Jan Asselijn (1610), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), and Jacques Cathelineau (1759). After him are Maurice Duruflé (1902), Jean Girault (1924), Louise de Coligny (1555), André Tardieu (1876), Jacques Thibaud (1880), and Peter II of Courtenay (1155).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, François Furet ranks 18. Before him are Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Georges Duby (1919), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), Paul Veyne (1930), René Grousset (1885), and Emmanuel Todd (1951). After him are Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Augustin Thierry (1795), Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Edgar Quinet (1803), and Charles Diehl (1859).

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