MOUNTAINEER

Maurice Herzog

1919 - 2012

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Maurice André Raymond Herzog (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ɑ̃dʁe ʁemɔ̃ ɛʁzɔɡ]; 15 January 1919 – 13 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Herzog has received more than 249,118 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maurice Herzog is the 16th most popular mountaineer (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,782nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,766th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Mountaineer.

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  • 250k

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  • 58.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Maurice Herzog ranks 16 out of 56. Before him are Hermann Buhl, Jacques Balmat, Walter Bonatti, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Achille Compagnoni, and Wanda Rutkiewicz. After him are Matthias Zurbriggen, Lino Lacedelli, Kurt Diemberger, Alain Robert, John Muir, and Albert F. Mummery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Maurice Herzog ranks 69. Before him are Licio Gelli, Lauri Törni, Wolfgang Wagner, Bob Paisley, Mieczysław Weinberg, and José Villalonga. After him are Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Kiichi Miyazawa, Pierre Soulages, François Périer, Liberace, and Christoph Probst. Among people deceased in 2012, Maurice Herzog ranks 81. Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Santiago Carrillo, Paul L. Smith, Kathryn Joosten, and Miguel de la Madrid. After him are Neslişah Sultan, Galina Vishnevskaya, Maurice André, Hans Werner Henze, Gore Vidal, and Meles Zenawi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Herzog ranks 1,782 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Fesch (1763), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Hervé Villechaize (1943), Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (1434), Julian the Hospitaller (700), and Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319). After him are Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Charles Huntziger (1880), and Jules Dupré (1811).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In France

Among mountaineers born in France, Maurice Herzog ranks 2. Before him are Jacques Balmat (1762). After him are Alain Robert (1962), and Lionel Terray (1921).

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