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Gaston Defferre

1910 - 1986

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Gaston Defferre (14 September 1910 – 7 May 1986) was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956–1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Defferre has received more than 172,487 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gaston Defferre is the 12,894th most popular politician (down from 11,931st in 2019), the 3,896th most popular biography from France (down from 3,570th in 2019) and the 808th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaston Defferre ranks 12,894 out of 19,576Before him are Cenwalh of Wessex, Igor Rodionov, Ahmad Samani, Maria, wife of Constantine V, Edwin of Northumbria, and Leonardo III Tocco. After him are Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Aurel Popovici, Tengiz Sigua, Jin Shuren, František Kriegel, and Theodbert of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Gaston Defferre ranks 204Before him are Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, So Yamamura, Paul Chocque, Francisco Coloane, George Kojac, and Adoniran Barbosa. After him are Anita Page, Peter Pears, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Rodolpho Barteczko, Marc Lawrence, and Fei Xiaotong. Among people deceased in 1986, Gaston Defferre ranks 157Before him are Henry Russell, Len Bias, Adolf Brudes, Agustín Sauto Arana, Juan Carlos Corazzo, and Daniel Balavoine. After him are Ernst Haas, Peter Pears, V. C. Andrews, Nils Ramm, Carlo Biagi, and Roy Cohn.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Defferre ranks 3,896 out of 6,770Before him are Philippe Mexès (1982), Yvette Chauviré (1917), Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867), Éléonore de Roye (1535), Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (1018), and Daniel Balavoine (1952). After him are Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932), René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), Jean Broc (1771), Gaucelm Faidit (1170), Jean Stablinski (1932), and Yann LeCun (1960).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Gaston Defferre ranks 808Before him are Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Paul Cambon (1843), Charles Pasqua (1927), Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Pierre Poujade (1920), and Robert, Count of Mortain (1031). After him are René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), Bernard Cazeneuve (1963), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939), Philippe de Villiers (1949), and Simone Segouin (1925).