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René David

1906 - 1990

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René David (January 12, 1906 in Jura, France – May 26, 1990 in Le Tholonet, France) was a French Professor of Law. His work has been published in eight different languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René David has received more than 38,883 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. René David is the 62nd most popular lawyer (down from 50th in 2019), the 4,023rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,492nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Lawyer.

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  • 1.71

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, René David ranks 62 out of 136Before him are Alberico Gentili, Paul Alexander, Hisashi Owada, Hersch Lauterpacht, Louis Brandeis, and Roy Cohn. After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., James B. Donovan, Abdulqawi Yusuf, William Rehnquist, John Selden, and Koen Lenaerts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, René David ranks 242Before him are Hermione Baddeley, Rolf Singer, Édouard Artigas, Eitel Cantoni, Bruno de Finetti, and Arturo Uslar Pietri. After him are Corneliu Baba, Rodolfo Volk, Prithviraj Kapoor, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Emerson Spencer, and Madeleine Carroll. Among people deceased in 1990, René David ranks 177Before him are Herbert Wehner, Cemal Süreya, Araken Patusca, Robert Cummings, Michael Oakeshott, and Geir Hallgrímsson. After him are Omero Tognon, Willy Vandersteen, Katalin Karády, Erna Berger, David White, and Juliet Berto.

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In France

Among people born in France, René David ranks 4,023 out of 6,770Before him are Jacques Gaillot (1935), Catherine Millet (1948), Gaston Waringhien (1901), Christian Gourcuff (1955), Michel Leblond (1932), and Pierre Marie (1853). After him are Armand Penverne (1926), Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920), Konrad Pellikan (1478), Lucien Démanet (1874), Jean Victoir Audouin (1797), and Maxime Maufra (1861).

Among LAWYERS In France

Among lawyers born in France, René David ranks 4Before him are Carlo Buonaparte (1746), Louis Renault (1843), and Jean Domat (1625).