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René Cassin

1887 - 1976

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René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in Bayonne, Cassin served as a soldier in the First World War during which he was seriously wounded. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Cassin has received more than 251,652 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). René Cassin is the 112th most popular social activist (down from 96th in 2019), the 1,023rd most popular biography from France (down from 927th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Social Activist.

René Cassin was a French jurist and a founding member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He is most famous for drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, René Cassin ranks 112 out of 840. Before him are Jody Williams, Bugsy Siegel, Ishikawa Goemon, Narges Mohammadi, Nat Turner, and Vlado Chernozemski. After him are An Jung-geun, Frank Costello, Alexander Parvus, Yun Chi-ho, Léon Jouhaux, and Hans Scholl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, René Cassin ranks 41. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn, Kurt Schwitters, John Reed, James Paul Moody, Emilio Mola, and Alexander Archipenko. After him are Harald Bohr, Julian Huxley, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and Mitsuru Ushijima. Among people deceased in 1976, René Cassin ranks 40. Before him are Lars Onsager, Émile Benveniste, Anneliese Michel, Tove Ditlevsen, Andrei Grechko, and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. After him are Josef Albers, Paul Lazarsfeld, David Elazar, Yonatan Netanyahu, João Goulart, and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Cassin ranks 1,023 out of 6,770. Before him are Tetricus I (250), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Louis Malle (1932), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), Lili Boulanger (1893), and Jean Dausset (1916). After him are Maurice Druon (1918), Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669), Samy Naceri (1961), and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, René Cassin ranks 6. Before him are Olympe de Gouges (1748), Charlotte Corday (1768), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), and Louise Michel (1830). After him are Léon Jouhaux (1879), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Flora Tristan (1803), Jacques Roux (1752), René Just Haüy (1743), and Abbé Pierre (1912).

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