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Pierre Vidal-Naquet

1930 - 2006

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Pierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet (French pronunciation: [vidal nakɛ]; 23 July 1930 – 29 July 2006) was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969. Vidal-Naquet was a specialist in the study of Ancient Greece, but was also interested (and deeply involved) in contemporary history, particularly the Algerian War (1954–62), during which he opposed the use of torture by the French Army, as well as Jewish history. He participated with Michel Foucault and Jean-Marie Domenach in the founding of the Groupe d'information sur les prisons (GIP), which was one of the first French new social movements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Vidal-Naquet has received more than 106,245 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pierre Vidal-Naquet is the 295th most popular historian (down from 262nd in 2019), the 3,537th most popular biography from France (down from 3,301st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pierre Vidal-Naquet ranks 295 out of 561. Before him are Ubbo Emmius, Vardan Areveltsi, Milan Šufflay, Peter Brown, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Élisabeth Roudinesco. After him are Kurt Aland, Filippo Baldinucci, Jean Delumeau, Stéphane Courtois, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, and Lyubomir Miletich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Pierre Vidal-Naquet ranks 286. Before him are Lawrence Eagleburger, Jorma Panula, Julio Abbadie, Jan Olszewski, Ryszard Kukliński, and Egon Bondy. After him are Gary Snyder, Ernst Tugendhat, Arsenio Iglesias, Kurt Nielsen, Sigge Parling, and Rolf Hoppe. Among people deceased in 2006, Pierre Vidal-Naquet ranks 182. Before him are Galina Ustvolskaya, Vilgot Sjöman, Hugh Thompson Jr., Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Octavia E. Butler, and Daniel Schmid. After him are Jurij Brězan, Leon Niemczyk, Akira Ifukube, Kent Andersson, Dennis Weaver, and Kathleen Antonelli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Vidal-Naquet ranks 3,537 out of 6,770. Before him are Rachida Dati (1965), Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), Louis Dollo (1857), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Alain Chartier (1392), and Auguste Herbin (1882). After him are Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Érik Comas (1963), Guillaume Faye (1949), Roland Dumas (1922), Eremburga of Maine (1096), and Roger Vailland (1907).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Pierre Vidal-Naquet ranks 42. Before him are Émile Mâle (1862), Bernard Desclot (1201), Régine Pernoud (1909), Claude Cahen (1909), Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), and Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944). After him are Jean Delumeau (1923), Stéphane Courtois (1947), André Clot (1909), Joseph-François Michaud (1767), George Cœdès (1886), and Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674).

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