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Pierre Messmer

1916 - 2007

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Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ mɛsmɛʁ]; 20 March 1916 – 29 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Messmer has received more than 137,604 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pierre Messmer is the 7,093rd most popular politician (down from 6,994th in 2019), the 2,121st most popular biography from France (up from 2,140th in 2019) and the 524th most popular French Politician.

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  • 55.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Messmer ranks 7,093 out of 15,577. Before him are Mindon Min, Henk Sneevliet, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, Milan Babić, Tai Kang, and Antoinette de Bourbon. After him are Heinz Kessler, Domitia Lepida the Younger, Denys Shmyhal, Infanta Benedita of Portugal, Emma Darwin, and Leo Ryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Pierre Messmer ranks 84. Before him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Luis Corvalán, Hamani Diori, Archduke Felix of Austria, Luigi Comencini, and Kristján Eldjárn. After him are Yekaterina Budanova, Shirley Jackson, Hubert Maga, José Manuel Moreno, Mika Špiljak, and Julio César Turbay Ayala. Among people deceased in 2007, Pierre Messmer ranks 101. Before him are Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Atle Selberg, Luigi Comencini, Karel Svoboda, and Ralph Asher Alpher. After him are Julien Gracq, Paul Cohen, Wally Schirra, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Mika Špiljak, and Steve Fossett.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Messmer ranks 2,121 out of 6,011. Before him are Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513), Nicolas Anelka (1979), and Augustin Barruel (1741). After him are Charles Cros (1842), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), François Blondel (1618), Julien Gracq (1910), and Philippe Quinault (1635).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Messmer ranks 524. Before him are Pierre Fournier (1906), Joseph Darnand (1897), Léon Duguit (1859), Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414), Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628), and Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513). After him are Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614), William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (935), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Adelaide of Paris (850), and Jacques Cœur (1395).

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