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Paul Reynaud

1878 - 1966

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Paul Reynaud (French: [pɔl ʁɛno]; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Nazi Germany. Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of September 1938, when France and the United Kingdom gave way before Hitler's proposals for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. After the outbreak of World War II Reynaud became the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic in March 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Reynaud has received more than 733,145 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Paul Reynaud is the 2,532nd most popular politician (down from 2,394th in 2019), the 847th most popular biography from France (down from 808th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular French Politician.

Paul Reynaud was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from March 16, 1938 to March 21, 1940. He was a leading figure in the French government during the lead-up to World War II.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 64.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Reynauds by language

Over the past year Paul Reynaud has had the most page views in the with 116,701 views, followed by French (73,114), and Russian (17,902). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (179.08%), Ido (81.59%), and Latvian (54.91%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Reynaud ranks 2,532 out of 19,576. Before him are Tarō Asō, Irene of Hungary, Victor Lustig, Tomislav Nikolić, Georges Couthon, and Pavlo Skoropadskyi. After him are Eric IV of Denmark, Souphanouvong, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, Jie of Xia, Emperor Gaozong of Song, and Lee Hsien Loong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Paul Reynaud ranks 16. Before him are André Citroën, Pyotr Wrangel, Lucien Febvre, Robert Walser, Ferenc Molnár, and Alfred Döblin. After him are Milan Nedić, Shigeru Yoshida, Gustav Radbruch, Iwane Matsui, Gemma Galgani, and Louis Chevrolet. Among people deceased in 1966, Paul Reynaud ranks 25. Before him are George de Hevesy, Dietrich von Choltitz, Vincent Auriol, Guillermo Stábile, Montgomery Clift, and Célestin Freinet. After him are Albert Göring, Carlo Carrà, Abdul Salam Arif, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and Chang Myon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Reynaud ranks 847 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain Aspect (1947), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Lorin Maazel (1930), Georges Couthon (1755), and Pierre Lescot (1515). After him are Jacques Anquetil (1934), Dora Maar (1907), Bertrada of Laon (720), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Pierre Janssen (1824), and Bruno Cremer (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Paul Reynaud ranks 193. Before him are Magnentius (303), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Mary of Guise (1515), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), and Georges Couthon (1755). After him are Léon Gambetta (1838), Louis Desaix (1768), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Armand Fallières (1841), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), and Victoire of France (1733).

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