1910 - 2007
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 462,781 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Maurice Papon is the 5,348th most popular politician (up from 6,811th in 2019), the 1,646th most popular biography from France (up from 2,100th in 2019) and the 408th most popular French Politician.
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Among politicians, Maurice Papon ranks 5,348 out of 15,577. Before him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Philip IV of Macedon, Letsie III of Lesotho, Nikola Zhekov, Carausius, and Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. After him are Vasily Chapayev, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Emperor Go-Nijō, Emperor Sushun, Bermudo I of Asturias, and John I, Duke of Alençon.
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 5,342
400 BC - 296 BC
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 5,343
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 5,344
1865 - 1949
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 5,345
300 - 293
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 5,346
1030 - 1070
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,347
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,348
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,349
1404 - 1466
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,350
1285 - 1308
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,351
520 - 592
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,352
750 - 797
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,353
1385 - 1415
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,354
Among people born in 1910, Maurice Papon ranks 69. Before him are Karel Zeman, A. J. Ayer, Aladár Gerevich, Luise Rainer, Kim Yong-sik, and Tancredo Neves. After him are Chico Xavier, Farid al-Atrash, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Remo Giazotto, Kenneth E. Boulding, and Barthélemy Boganda. Among people deceased in 2007, Maurice Papon ranks 67. Before him are André Gorz, Lady Bird Johnson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Ashraf Marwan, Ira Levin, and Michel Serrault. After him are Alan MacDiarmid, Yvonne De Carlo, Rudolf Arnheim, Kiichi Miyazawa, Al Oerter, and Khun Sa.
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 63
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 64
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 65
1910 - 2014
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 66
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 67
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 68
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 69
1910 - 2002
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 70
1910 - 1974
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 71
1910 - 1977
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 72
1910 - 1998
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 73
1910 - 1993
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 74
1910 - 1959
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 75
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 61
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 62
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 63
1944 - 2007
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 64
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 65
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 66
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 67
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 68
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 69
1904 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 70
1919 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 71
1936 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 72
1934 - 2007
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 73
Among people born in France, Maurice Papon ranks 1,646 out of 6,011. Before him are Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Georges Feydeau (1862), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), and Carausius (300). After him are John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Christian Boltanski (1944), Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929).
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,640
1862 - 1921
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,641
1802 - 1839
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,642
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,643
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,644
300 - 293
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,645
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,646
1385 - 1415
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,647
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,648
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,649
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,650
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,651
1929 - 2023
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,652
Among politicians born in France, Maurice Papon ranks 408. Before him are Marie Thérèse of France (1667), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), and Carausius (300). After him are John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), Maria of Montpellier (1182), and Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1629).
1667 - 1672
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 402
1777 - 1847
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 403
1700 - 1761
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 404
1802 - 1839
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 405
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 406
300 - 293
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 407
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 408
1385 - 1415
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 409
1668 - 1710
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 410
1200 - 1244
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 411
1213 - 1272
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 412
1182 - 1213
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 413
1629 - 1666
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 414