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Pierre Messmer

1916 - 2007

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Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (French: [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 151,618 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Messmer is the 7,437th most popular politician (down from 7,074th in 2019), the 2,178th most popular biography from France (down from 2,114th in 2019) and the 523rd most popular French Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Messmer ranks 7,437 out of 19,576. Before him are José Antonio Páez, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, John Hancock, and Wiman of Gojoseon. After him are Vasile Milea, Józef Beck, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Adolfo de la Huerta, Samsu-Ditana, and Quintus Petillius Cerialis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Pierre Messmer ranks 85. Before him are Ray Conniff, Vladimir Demikhov, José Manuel Moreno, Ramón José Velásquez, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, and Shirley Jackson. After him are Jane Jacobs, Luigi Comencini, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Ri Jong-ok, and Maria Altmann. Among people deceased in 2007, Pierre Messmer ranks 97. Before him are Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Ralph Asher Alpher, Viliam Schrojf, Dashrath Manjhi, Gordon Scott, and Ulrich Mühe. After him are Raymond Barre, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Al Oerter, Edward Yang, David Lane, and Luigi Comencini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Messmer ranks 2,178 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandre Astruc (1923), Henri Gouraud (1867), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747), Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951), and Ghislaine Maxwell (1961). After him are Guillaume Amontons (1663), Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727), Emanuel Ungaro (1933), and François-Henri Pinault (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Messmer ranks 523. Before him are Adelaide of Paris (850), Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756), Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639), and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747). After him are Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Jacques Cœur (1395), Nominoe (800), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), and Catherine of Burgundy (1378).

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