SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Léon Jouhaux

1879 - 1954

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Léon Jouhaux (1 July 1879 – 28 April 1954) was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Jouhaux has received more than 132,830 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Léon Jouhaux is the 117th most popular social activist (up from 142nd in 2019), the 1,055th most popular biography from France (up from 1,302nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Social Activist.

Léon Jouhaux was a French socialist and trade unionist. He was the general secretary of the French trade union confederation, the CGT, from 1906 to 1946. He was also a member of the French Communist Party from 1920 to 1924. He is most famous for his work in organizing the general strike that led to the 40-hour work week in France.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Léon Jouhaux ranks 117 out of 840. Before him are Vlado Chernozemski, René Cassin, An Jung-geun, Frank Costello, Alexander Parvus, and Yun Chi-ho. After him are Hans Scholl, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Sophia of Prussia, Gaius Julius Civilis, Betty Ford, and Flora Tristan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Léon Jouhaux ranks 34. Before him are Ali of Hejaz, An Jung-geun, Victor Sjöström, Fritz Haarmann, Knud Rasmussen, and Hans Lammers. After him are Chen Duxiu, Pál Teleki, Franz Reichelt, Karl Bühler, Friedrich Adler, and E. M. Forster. Among people deceased in 1954, Léon Jouhaux ranks 20. Before him are Otto Diels, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Dziga Vertov, Maximilian von Weichs, Andrey Vyshinsky, and Jacinto Benavente. After him are Lucien Tesnière, The French Angel, Clemens Krauss, Hannes Meyer, Martin Andersen Nexø, and Auguste Perret.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Jouhaux ranks 1,055 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Jean Gerson (1363), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Judith of Bavaria (797), Albert Marquet (1875), and Marcellin Berthelot (1827). After him are Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Mabillon (1632), Maurice Ronet (1927), Léon Bonnat (1833), Richard Avenarius (1843), and Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Léon Jouhaux ranks 7. Before him are Olympe de Gouges (1748), Charlotte Corday (1768), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Louise Michel (1830), and René Cassin (1887). After him are Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Flora Tristan (1803), Jacques Roux (1752), René Just Haüy (1743), Abbé Pierre (1912), and Balthasar Gérard (1557).

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