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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

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 237,390 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. René Cassin is the 96th most popular social activist (down from 90th in 2019), the 929th most popular biography from France (up from 949th in 2019) and the 5th 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 96 out of 538. Before him are Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Fra Dolcino, Augusto César Sandino, Antipope Clement III, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and Marinus van der Lubbe. After him are Syed Ahmad Khan, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Jenny von Westphalen, Louise Michel, Emilia Plater, and An Jung-geun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, René Cassin ranks 39. Before him are Kurt Schwitters, August Macke, John Reed, Leopold Ružička, Erich Mendelsohn, and Julian Huxley. After him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Alexander Archipenko, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Boris Karloff, and Emilio Mola. Among people deceased in 1976, René Cassin ranks 38. Before him are Lars Onsager, Émile Benveniste, Choe Yong-gon, Juscelino Kubitschek, Dalton Trumbo, and Andrei Grechko. After him are Mitsuo Fuchida, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Silvana Armenulić, Paul Lazarsfeld, and Eileen Gray.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Cassin ranks 929 out of 6,011. Before him are Claude Lelouch (1937), Francis Lai (1932), Henry I of Navarre (1244), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), and Christine of France (1606). After him are Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Dausset (1916), Max Jacob (1876), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), and Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, René Cassin ranks 5. Before him are Charlotte Corday (1768), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), and Edmond James de Rothschild (1845). After him are Louise Michel (1830), Flora Tristan (1803), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Jacques Roux (1752), Abbé Pierre (1912), and René Just Haüy (1743).

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