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Paul Veyne

1930 - 2022

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Paul Veyne (French pronunciation: [pɔl vɛn]; 13 June 1930 – 29 September 2022) was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Veyne has received more than 107,652 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Paul Veyne is the 109th most popular historian (up from 229th in 2019), the 1,700th most popular biography from France (up from 3,052nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Paul Veyne ranks 109 out of 561. Before him are Alois Riegl, Sextus Julius Africanus, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Andrea Alciato, Reinhart Koselleck, and Golo Mann. After him are René Grousset, Árni Magnússon, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Richard Sennett, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Henry Thomas Buckle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Paul Veyne ranks 106. Before him are Martin Karplus, José Sarney, John Frankenheimer, Rod Taylor, Sławomir Mrożek, and Colin Dexter. After him are Toru Takemitsu, Friedrich Gulda, Sonny Rollins, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Jasper Johns, and Igor Netto. Among people deceased in 2022, Paul Veyne ranks 92. Before him are Saul Kripke, A. B. Yehoshua, David Sassoli, Margaret Keane, Evaristo Carvalho, and Coolio. After him are Patrick Tambay, Thierry Mugler, Just Jaeckin, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Pierre Soulages, and Michel Bouquet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Veyne ranks 1,700 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Friant (1863), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), Lolo Ferrari (1963), Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848), Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043), and Henri Cornet (1884). After him are Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), Patrick Tambay (1949), Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641), Cabu (1938), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Alice Prin (1901).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Paul Veyne ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Georges Duby (1919), and Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914). After him are René Grousset (1885), Emmanuel Todd (1951), François Furet (1927), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Augustin Thierry (1795), and Pierre Nora (1931).

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