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Jean Delumeau

1923 - 2020

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Jean Léon Marie Delumeau (18 June 1923 – 13 January 2020) was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Delumeau has received more than 50,714 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Delumeau is the 298th most popular historian (down from 242nd in 2019), the 3,555th most popular biography from France (down from 3,153rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jean Delumeau ranks 298 out of 561. Before him are Peter Brown, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kurt Aland, and Filippo Baldinucci. After him are Stéphane Courtois, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Lyubomir Miletich, Wilhelm von Bode, William H. McNeill, and Léon Poliakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jean Delumeau ranks 216. Before him are Grigory Romanov, Inger Jacobsen, Jamshid Amouzegar, Gerald Götting, Bryce DeWitt, and Leon Niemczyk. After him are William Guarnere, Lydia Clarke, Ryōtarō Shiba, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Gordon Jackson, and Michael V. Gazzo. Among people deceased in 2020, Jean Delumeau ranks 262. Before him are Ray Clemence, Peter Sutcliffe, Irina Skobtseva, Jair Marinho, Enrique Irazoqui, and Louis Nirenberg. After him are Norma Cappagli, Dragoljub Ojdanić, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Pamela Tiffin, Pedro Casaldáliga, and Barry Hulshoff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Delumeau ranks 3,555 out of 6,770. Before him are Bulle Ogier (1939), François Delsarte (1811), Jacques Rozier (1926), Patachou (1918), François Francoeur (1698), and Pierre Fatou (1878). After him are Jehanne D'Alcy (1865), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), Gérard Grisey (1946), Léo Malet (1909), François de Troy (1645), and Emmanuel Bove (1898).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Jean Delumeau ranks 43. Before him are Bernard Desclot (1201), Régine Pernoud (1909), Claude Cahen (1909), Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944), and Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930). After him are Stéphane Courtois (1947), André Clot (1909), Joseph-François Michaud (1767), George Cœdès (1886), Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), and Alain Besançon (1932).

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