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Maxime Rodinson

1915 - 2004

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Maxime Rodinson (French pronunciation: [ʁɔdɛ̃sɔ̃]; 26 January 1915 – 23 May 2004) was a French historian and sociologist. Ideologically a Marxist, Rodinson was a prominent authority in oriental studies. He was the son of a Russian-Polish clothing trader and his wife, who both were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxime Rodinson has received more than 121,734 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Maxime Rodinson is the 233rd most popular historian (up from 281st in 2019), the 3,158th most popular biography from France (up from 3,536th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Maxime Rodinson ranks 233 out of 561Before him are Peter Andreas Munch, Georges Lefebvre, Halil İnalcık, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, Reinhart Dozy, and Gerald of Wales. After him are Alexander Kazhdan, Johannes Aventinus, Timothy Garton Ash, Gustave Lanson, Marc Ferro, and Gustave Schlumberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Maxime Rodinson ranks 115Before him are Herma Bauma, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Edmond O'Brien, Willie Dixon, Albert Ghiorso, and Takeshi Kamo. After him are Nam Il, Sergio Bertoni, Robert Motherwell, Henry Kuttner, David Stirling, and Hoàng Văn Thái. Among people deceased in 2004, Maxime Rodinson ranks 131Before him are Juan Carlos Aramburu, Jesús Gil, Antonio Gades, Takeshi Kamo, Fred Lawrence Whipple, and Jozef Lenárt. After him are Orvar Bergmark, James Quinn, Ota Šik, Tiziano Terzani, José Giovanni, and Cem Karaca.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maxime Rodinson ranks 3,158 out of 6,770Before him are Paul Belmondo (1963), Moungi Bawendi (1961), Georges Hébert (1875), François de La Rocque (1885), Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614), and Wojciech Kossak (1856). After him are Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544), Ernest Monis (1846), Vincent Voiture (1597), Inès de La Fressange (1957), Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753), and William of Conches (1080).

Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Maxime Rodinson ranks 30Before him are Charles Diehl (1859), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Roger Chartier (1945), Adémar de Chabannes (989), Henri Maspero (1883), and Georges Lefebvre (1874). After him are Gustave Lanson (1857), Marc Ferro (1924), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Charles Rollin (1661), Joseph de Guignes (1721), and Émile Mâle (1862).