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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 125,806 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Léon Jouhaux is the 142nd most popular social activist (down from 116th in 2019), the 1,307th most popular biography from France (down from 1,188th in 2019) and the 9th 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 142 out of 538. Before him are Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Klaus Störtebeker, Mairead Maguire, Betty Ford, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, and Ishikawa Goemon. After him are Steve Biko, Bertha Pappenheim, Huda Sha'arawi, Judas of Galilee, Jacques Roux, and Edward Snowden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Léon Jouhaux ranks 39. Before him are E. M. Forster, Chen Duxiu, Pál Teleki, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Karl Bühler, and Friedrich Adler. After him are Ali of Hejaz, Shunroku Hata, Boris Savinkov, Huda Sha'arawi, Knud Rasmussen, and Margaret Sanger. Among people deceased in 1954, Léon Jouhaux ranks 28. Before him are Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Auguste Perret, Hannes Meyer, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Martin Andersen Nexø, and Charles Ives. After him are Thea von Harbou, Clemens Krauss, Franco Alfano, Gideon Sundback, Archduke Eugen of Austria, and Stig Dagerman.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Jouhaux ranks 1,307 out of 6,011. Before him are Arbogast (340), Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664), Joachim du Bellay (1522), and Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724). After him are Charles Boyer (1899), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), Everard des Barres (1113), Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Léon Jouhaux ranks 9. Before him are Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Louise Michel (1830), Flora Tristan (1803), and Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208). After him are Jacques Roux (1752), Abbé Pierre (1912), René Just Haüy (1743), Balthasar Gérard (1557), Ravachol (1859), and Guillaume Cale (1350).

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