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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 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

Among politicians, Maurice Papon ranks 5,348 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Maurice Papon ranks 69Before 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 67Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Papon ranks 1,646 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Maurice Papon ranks 408Before 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).