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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 195,870 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jean Ziegler is the 233rd most popular social activist (up from 652nd in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Social Activist.

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  • 19

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jean Ziegler ranks 233 out of 538Before him are Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Nancy Wake, Abba Kovner, Anna Hazare, and Hazi Aslanov. After him are Marina Ginestà, Billy Milligan, Ryu Gwansun, Djamila Bouhired, Paul Watson, and Abbie Hoffman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jean Ziegler ranks 139Before him are Elgin Baylor, Jean Chrétien, Raina Kabaivanska, Franc Rode, Jacques Loussier, and Linda Cristal. After him are Freddie King, Omar Karami, Yoshio Furukawa, Marc Rich, Alisa Freindlich, and Kira Muratova.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Ziegler ranks 212 out of 876Before him are Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), André Abegglen (1909), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), and Pascal Couchepin (1942). After him are Carlo Fontana (1638), Jost Amman (1539), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Jean Vanier (1928), and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Switzerland

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