POLITICIAN

Maurice Papon

1910 - 2007

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Maurice Papon (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis papɔ̃, moʁ-]; 3 September 1910 – 17 February 2007) was a French civil servant and Nazi collaborator who was convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the occupation of France. Papon led the police in major prefectures from the 1930s to the 1960s, before he became a Gaullist politician. When he was secretary general for the police in Bordeaux during World War II, he participated in the deportation of more than 1,600 Jews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Papon has received more than 503,654 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Papon is the 6,766th most popular politician (down from 5,334th in 2019), the 2,000th most popular biography from France (down from 1,640th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maurice Papon ranks 6,766 out of 19,576. Before him are Wilhelm Kettler, Puduḫepa, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Omar Karami. After him are Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, Philip IV of Macedon, Enrico Ferri, and Al-Hafiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Maurice Papon ranks 81. Before him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Rudolf Lange, Shunichi Kumai, Sergey Gorshkov, He Zizhen, and Louis Slotin. After him are Irmfried Eberl, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Miguel Hernández, Remo Giazotto, Kenneth E. Boulding, and Jack Hawkins. Among people deceased in 2007, Maurice Papon ranks 84. Before him are Ira Levin, István Sándorfi, Mika Špiljak, Nobuo Matsunaga, Kisho Kurokawa, and Atle Selberg. After him are Denny Doherty, Paul Cohen, Teddy Kollek, Arawa Kimura, Karel Svoboda, and Hrant Dink.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Papon ranks 2,000 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger Pingeon (1940), François de la Chaise (1624), François Lemoyne (1688), William Iron Arm (1010), Eugène Tisserant (1884), and Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718). After him are Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), Antoine Busnois (1430), Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Peire Vidal (1140), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), and Pierre Levegh (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Maurice Papon ranks 482. Before him are Félix Gouin (1884), Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972), Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950), Zénaïde Bonaparte (1801), Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (1166), and Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718). After him are Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Peire Vidal (1140), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Robert Surcouf (1773), and Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700).

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