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Simone Veil

1927 - 2017

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Simone Veil (French: [simɔn vɛj] ; née Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. As health minister, she is best remembered for advancing women's rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized abortion, today known as the Veil Act (French: Loi Veil). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simone Veil has received more than 1,285,958 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Simone Veil is the 1,916th most popular politician, the 655th most popular biography from France and the 148th most popular French Politician.

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  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Simone Veil ranks 1,916 out of 19,576. Before her are Joko Widodo, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Ptolemy XI Alexander II, Pescennius Niger, Alexios II Komnenos, and Georgios Papadopoulos. After her are Emperor Renzong of Song, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Clodius Albinus, Eric the Victorious, and Clovis II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Simone Veil ranks 24. Before her are Sidney Poitier, Lawrence Kohlberg, Albert Uderzo, Janet Leigh, Niklas Luhmann, and Harry Belafonte. After her are Hubert de Givenchy, Robert Hossein, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Gilbert Bécaud, Maurice Béjart, and Martin Lewis Perl. Among people deceased in 2017, Simone Veil ranks 25. Before her are Mireille Darc, John Hurt, Hugh Hefner, Manuel Noriega, Johnny Hallyday, and Slobodan Praljak. After her are Glen Campbell, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Mário Soares, Martin Landau, Hans Georg Dehmelt, and Roman Herzog.

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In France

Among people born in France, Simone Veil ranks 655 out of 6,770. Before her are Ansgar (801), Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pérotin (1160), and Marin Marais (1656). After her are Paul Mauriat (1925), Marie Tussaud (1761), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Raoul Dufy (1877), and Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Simone Veil ranks 148. Before her are Léon Blum (1872), Félix Faure (1841), Charles II of Navarre (1332), Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Paul Doumer (1857), and Ariovistus (-101). After her are Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), Jean Jaurès (1859), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), and Vincent Auriol (1884).

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