SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jacques Vergès

1924 - 2013

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Jacques Vergès (French pronunciation: [ʒak vɛʁʒɛs]; 5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a Vietnamese French lawyer and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces. After becoming a lawyer, he became well known for his defense of FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Vergès has received more than 408,268 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jacques Vergès is the 200th most popular social activist (up from 214th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Thailand (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Thai Social Activist.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jacques Vergès ranks 200 out of 840. Before him are Bacha Khan, Lepa Radić, Carl Oberg, Moses Montefiore, Campaspe, and Max Mosley. After him are Serge Klarsfeld, Fred Phelps, Lucio Urtubia, Tiradentes, Margaret Sanger, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jacques Vergès ranks 92. Before him are Ottmar Walter, Paul Desmond, Arthur Danto, Vasil Bykaŭ, Leonid Kogan, and Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. After him are Roza Shanina, Tengiz Abuladze, Robert Frank, Noboru Takeshita, Marina Berti, and Jozef Tomko. Among people deceased in 2013, Jacques Vergès ranks 85. Before him are Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Ottmar Walter, Rossana Podestà, Stéphane Hessel, Arthur Danto, and Ken Norton. After him are Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, José Froilán González, Otto Sander, Masao Uchino, and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Jacques Vergès ranks 21 out of 186. Before him are Pridi Banomyong (1900), Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954), Naresuan (1555), Chaleo Yoovidhya (1923), Lisa (1997), and Narai (1629). After him are Thanom Kittikachorn (1911), Michael Michai Kitbunchu (1929), Yingluck Shinawatra (1967), Sirindhorn (1955), Mahidol Adulyadej (1892), and Birabongse Bhanudej (1914).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Thailand

Among social activists born in Thailand, Jacques Vergès ranks 1. After him are Aed Carabao (1954), and Sirikan Charoensiri (1986).

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