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Pierre Brossolette

1903 - 1944

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Pierre Brossolette (25 June 1903 – 22 March 1944) was a French journalist, politician and major hero of the French Resistance in World War II. Brossolette ran an intelligence hub of Parisian resistance from a bookshop on rue de la Pompe, before serving as a liaison officer in London, where he also was a radio anchor for the BBC, and carried out three clandestine missions in France. Arrested in Brittany as he was trying to reach the UK on a mission back from France alongside Émile Bollaert, Brossolette was taken into custody by the Sicherheitsdienst (the security service of the SS). He committed suicide by jumping out of a window at their headquarters on 84 Avenue Foch in Paris as he feared he would reveal the lengths of French Resistance networks under torture; he died of his wounds at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital later that day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Brossolette has received more than 99,859 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Brossolette is the 78th most popular journalist (down from 65th in 2019), the 4,282nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,817th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pierre Brossolettes by language

Over the past year Pierre Brossolette has had the most page views in the with 96,790 views, followed by English (11,552), and German (2,886). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (69.20%), Egyptian Arabic (51.90%), and Esperanto (42.86%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Pierre Brossolette ranks 78 out of 196. Before him are Martin Parr, Bernard Pivot, Vladislav Listyev, David Seymour, Dan Rather, and Norbert Haug. After him are Dmitry Kiselyov, Dith Pran, Salima Ghezali, Homai Vyarawalla, Aleksey Suvorin, and Caroline Rémy de Guebhard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Pierre Brossolette ranks 237. Before him are Anders Rydberg, E. O. Plauen, Jan de Klerk, O. E. Hasse, Vladimir Lossky, and Hamilton Luske. After him are Charles Rigoulot, Igor Newerly, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Preston Tucker, Olav Sunde, and Julie Vlasto. Among people deceased in 1944, Pierre Brossolette ranks 246. Before him are Al Smith, Jean Cavaillès, Wim Anderiesen, Oszkár Gerde, E. O. Plauen, and Henry Wood. After him are Wendell Willkie, Victor Basch, Rudolf Harbig, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, and Jaan Kikkas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Brossolette ranks 4,282 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908), Jacques Higelin (1940), Gotlib (1934), Clémence Royer (1830), Gilbert Bougnol (1866), and Jean Barraqué (1928). After him are Joseph Roumanille (1818), Charles Rigoulot (1903), Claire Bretécher (1940), Jean-François Séguier (1703), Jean Tiberi (1935), and Daniel Morelon (1944).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Pierre Brossolette ranks 9. Before him are Victor Noir (1848), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Robbie Ross (1869), and Bernard Pivot (1935). After him are Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Catherine Leroy (1944), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Rémi Ochlik (1983).

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