POLITICIAN

James Goldsmith

1933 - 1997

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Sir James Michael Goldsmith (26 February 1933 – 18 July 1997) was a French-British financier, tycoon and politician who was a member of the Goldsmith family. His controversial business and finance career led to ongoing clashes with British media, frequently involving litigation or the threat of litigation. In 1994 he was elected to represent a French constituency as a Member of the European Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Goldsmith has received more than 2,154,651 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Goldsmith is the 16,146th most popular politician, the 4,954th most popular biography from France and the 895th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Goldsmith ranks 16,146 out of 19,576Before him are Joseph Lyons, Osred I of Northumbria, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, Amit Shah, and Fred M. Vinson. After him are Peter Sutherland, Péter Balázs, Robert Morris, Lugal-Anne-Mundu, Leonel Mário d'Alva, and Igor Korobov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, James Goldsmith ranks 447Before him are Stefano Rodotà, John Hopfield, Seydou Diarra, Peter Arundell, Valentina Rastvorova, and Gurdial Singh. After him are Josef Němec, Sergio Valdés, Scotty Bowman, Jesse Mashburn, Johnny Unitas, and Frank Murkowski. Among people deceased in 1997, James Goldsmith ranks 274Before him are Aleksandr Zarkhi, Sheldon Leonard, Red Skelton, Shuhei Nishida, Aleksandr Ivanov, and Albert Heremans. After him are Wilbert Awdry, Kåre Holt, James Dickey, Jacques Pollet, Ödön Gróf, and LaVern Baker.

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In France

Among people born in France, James Goldsmith ranks 4,954 out of 6,770Before him are Sylvie Testud (1971), André Chamson (1900), Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (1966), Pascale Ogier (1958), Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), and Sofiane Feghouli (1989). After him are Fernand Jourdant (1903), Georges Carnus (1940), Maurice Huet (1918), Patrick Rambaud (1946), Louis Chaillot (1914), and Albert Corey (1878).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, James Goldsmith ranks 895Before him are Michel Sapin (1952), Nicolas Hulot (1955), Pierre Joxe (1934), Florence Devouard (1968), Xavier Darcos (1947), and Jean-Louis Borloo (1951). After him are Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769), Benoît Hamon (1967), Christian Poncelet (1928), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (1961), Monique Ohsan Bellepeau (1942), and Henri Emmanuelli (1945).