SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jean Ziegler

1934 - Today

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Jean Ziegler (French: [ziglɛʁ]; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934) is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Ziegler has received more than 209,451 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jean Ziegler is the 270th most popular social activist (down from 233rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 212th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jean Ziegler ranks 270 out of 840. Before him are George Lincoln Rockwell, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Cassivellaunus, Hazi Aslanov, Wat Tyler, and Attica. After him are Carlo Cafiero, Harilal Gandhi, Russell Means, Gabriela Silang, Paul Watson, and Mahadev Govind Ranade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jean Ziegler ranks 152. Before him are Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Ralph Nader, Kenzo Ohashi, Lucien Muller, Nadine Trintignant, and Tatiana Samoilova. After him are Manfred Wörner, Ronald Inglehart, Kate Millett, Viktor Gorbatko, Anatoly Solonitsyn, and Nino Ferrer.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Ziegler ranks 241 out of 1,015. Before him are Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Eugène Grasset (1845), Emma Jung (1882), Louis of Cyprus (1436), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), and Ignazio Cassis (1961). After him are Albert Scherrer (1908), Anton Graff (1736), Claude Nicollier (1944), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Vincent Perez (1964), and Jeremias Gotthelf (1797).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Switzerland

Among social activists born in Switzerland, Jean Ziegler ranks 5. Before him are Henry Dunant (1828), Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746), Jean-Paul Marat (1743), and Élie Ducommun (1833). After him are Gustave Moynier (1826), Felix Manz (1498), Hector Hodler (1887), and Bruno Manser (1954).

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