POLITICIAN

Joseph Avenol

1879 - 1952

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Joseph Louis Anne Marie Charles Avenol (French: [ʒozɛf lwi an maʁi ʃaʁl avnɔl]; 9 June 1879 – 2 September 1952) was a French diplomat. He served as the second Secretary General of the League of Nations from 3 July 1933 to 31 August 1940. He was preceded by Sir Eric Drummond of the United Kingdom, who was general secretary between 1920 and 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Avenol has received more than 72,539 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joseph Avenol is the 13,634th most popular politician (down from 12,743rd in 2019), the 4,132nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,822nd in 2019) and the 826th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Avenol ranks 13,634 out of 19,576Before him are Jan Šrámek, Amythaon, Dmitry Rogozin, Vima Kadphises, Alfrēds Rubiks, and Ahmose. After him are Desmond Hoyte, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Károly Németh, Lady Arbella Stuart, and Juan Trippe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Joseph Avenol ranks 162Before him are Émile Champion, Antti Tulenheimo, Ernst Herzfeld, Laura Hope Crews, Eugène Lanti, and Ruth St. Denis. After him are Rafael Erich, Jean Gilbert, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Hermann Barrelet, Émile Nelligan, and Rudolf Friml. Among people deceased in 1952, Joseph Avenol ranks 124Before him are Fletcher Henderson, Sunao Tawara, D. S. Senanayake, Antti Tulenheimo, Jonas Staugaitis, and Filippos Karvelas. After him are Manuel Portela Valladares, Itzik Feffer, Ivan Olbracht, Ernst Stromer, Guido Castelnuovo, and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Avenol ranks 4,132 out of 6,770Before him are Cerrone (1952), André Darrigade (1929), Bertrand Cantat (1964), Isaac Oliver (1556), Marcel Brillouin (1854), and Patrick Gaillard (1952). After him are Olivier de Serres (1539), Danièle Delorme (1926), Tristan Murail (1947), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), Benoît Magimel (1974), and Jean-Marc Guillou (1945).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Joseph Avenol ranks 826Before him are Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), Alice Milliat (1884), Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668), Henri Laurent (1881), Florence Arthaud (1957), and Victor Bérard (1864). After him are Michel Maffesoli (1944), Jean, Count of Paris (1965), Odilon Barrot (1791), Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874), Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294), and Paul Passy (1859).