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Robert Guérin

1876 - 1952

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Robert Guérin (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡeʁɛ̃]; 28 April 1876 – 19 March 1952) (née Clément Auguste Maurice Robert) was a French journalist, and the 1st President and one of the founders of the FIFA. A journalist with Le Matin newspaper, Guérin was actively involved in football through his role as secretary of the Football Department of the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies. He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Guérin has received more than 188,496 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Robert Guérin is the 10th most popular journalist (up from 14th in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from France (up from 971st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Journalist.

Robert Guérin is most famous for his work in the field of the history of French literature. He was a professor at the Sorbonne and is best known for his work, "L'amour de l'art et la vie de l'artiste au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance."

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.60

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  • 2.20

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Robert Guérin ranks 10 out of 196. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf, Gianni Rodari, Joseph Pulitzer, Sebastião Salgado, Gerda Taro, and Anna Politkovskaya. After him are Julian Assange, Dorothea Lange, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, Victor Noir, and W. Eugene Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Robert Guérin ranks 23. Before him are Otto Diels, Elsa Einstein, Maurice de Vlaminck, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Hermann Müller, and Róbert Bárány. After him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Max Jacob, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Maxim Litvinov, and Wilhelm Cuno. Among people deceased in 1952, Robert Guérin ranks 23. Before him are Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Kiichiro Toyoda, Ferenc Molnár, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Hattie McDaniel. After him are Jürgen Stroop, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Charles Maurras, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and Heinrich von Vietinghoff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Guérin ranks 816 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Garnier (1825), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), and Jean Froissart (1337). After him are Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Robert of Molesme (1024), Didier Deschamps (1968), and Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Robert Guérin ranks 2. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760). After him are Victor Noir (1848), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Catherine Leroy (1944), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958).

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