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Léon Blum

1872 - 1950

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André Léon Blum (French: [ɑ̃dʁe leɔ̃ blum]; 9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century. He was a disciple of socialist leader Jean Jaurès. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Blum has received more than 1,006,724 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Léon Blum is the 1,771st most popular politician (down from 1,394th in 2019), the 611th most popular biography from France (down from 505th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular French Politician.

Léon Blum was a socialist politician who served as the Prime Minister of France for a short time in 1936. He was also the first Jewish Prime Minister of France.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Léon Blum ranks 1,771 out of 19,576. Before him are Nelson Rockefeller, Herman Van Rompuy, Edward, King of Portugal, James II of Aragon, George of Poděbrady, and King Zhuangxiang of Qin. After him are Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Attalus I, Félix Faure, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Huizong of Song, and Amasis II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Léon Blum ranks 15. Before him are Charles Greeley Abbot, Paul Langevin, Marcel Mauss, Anton Denikin, Emil Hácha, and Richard Willstätter. After him are Sergei Diaghilev, Louis Blériot, Djemal Pasha, Helena Rubinstein, Maurice Gamelin, and Sri Aurobindo. Among people deceased in 1950, Léon Blum ranks 15. Before him are Willis Carrier, Marcel Mauss, Norman Haworth, Vallabhbhai Patel, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Karl Renner. After him are Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Kurt Weill, Sri Aurobindo, Emil Jannings, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Blum ranks 611 out of 6,770. Before him are Camille Flammarion (1842), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), William Wyler (1902), Sophie Marceau (1966), and Syagrius (430). After him are Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Félix Faure (1841), Albert Uderzo (1927), Lucien Febvre (1878), André the Giant (1946), and Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Léon Blum ranks 142. Before him are Paul Bocuse (1926), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), Margaret of Anjou (1430), Lazare Carnot (1753), Salome Zourabichvili (1952), and Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092). After him are Félix Faure (1841), Charles II of Navarre (1332), Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Paul Doumer (1857), Ariovistus (-101), and Simone Veil (1927).

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