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Gaston Rébuffat

1921 - 1985

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Gaston Rébuffat (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ ʁebyfa]; 7 May 1921, Marseille – 31 May 1985, Paris) was a French alpinist, mountain guide, and author. He is well known as a member of the first expedition to summit Annapurna 1 in 1950 and the first man to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps. In 1984, he was made an officer in the French Legion of Honour for his service as a mountaineering instructor for the French military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Rébuffat has received more than 85,824 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Rébuffat is the 3,109th most popular writer (down from 2,874th in 2019), the 3,164th most popular biography from France (down from 2,878th in 2019) and the 402nd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 3,109 out of 5,755Before him are Walter Hasenclever, Nazik Al-Malaika, Duarte Barbosa, Léon Daudet, Alain Chartier, and Jean Richepin. After him are Theodor Kallifatides, Curt von Bardeleben, Charles Kingsley, Branwell Brontë, Branko Radičević, and Cecil Day-Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 195Before him are Brian Keith, Grigory Chukhray, Amedeo Amadei, John Stott, Rashid Karami, and Judy Holliday. After him are Chuck Connors, Oldřich Černík, Henri Colpi, Harry Carey Jr., Jacques Lecoq, and Ziya Bunyadov. Among people deceased in 1985, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 103Before him are Paul Castellano, Omayra Sánchez, Georgia Hale, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, and Pavel Batov. After him are Margaret Hamilton, René Barjavel, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Julian Beck, Mary Kenneth Keller, and Salvador Espriu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 3,164 out of 6,011Before him are Jean Vincent (1930), Léon Daudet (1867), Inès de La Fressange (1957), Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763), Alain Chartier (1392), and Jean Richepin (1849). After him are Jean Delumeau (1923), Jean Leray (1906), Stéphane Courtois (1947), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Yves Meyer (1939), and Alain Barrière (1935).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 402Before him are Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755), René Daumal (1908), Max Gallo (1932), Léon Daudet (1867), Alain Chartier (1392), and Jean Richepin (1849). After him are Max Aub (1909), Robert de Clari (1170), Jules Vallès (1832), Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746), René Barjavel (1911), and Léo Malet (1909).