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Stéphane Courtois

1947 - Today

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Stéphane Courtois (French pronunciation: [stefan kuʁtwa]; born 25 November 1947) is a French historian and university professor, a director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), professor at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies (ICES) in La Roche-sur-Yon, and director of a collection specialized in the history of communist movements and communist states. The Black Book of Communism, a book edited by Courtois, has been translated into numerous languages, sold millions of copies, and is considered one of the most influential and controversial books written about the history of communism in the 20th century and state socialist regimes. In the first chapter of the book, Courtois argued that Communism and Nazism are similar totalitarian systems and that Communism was responsible for the murder of around 100 million people in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stéphane Courtois has received more than 126,845 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Stéphane Courtois is the 299th most popular historian (down from 244th in 2019), the 3,578th most popular biography from France (down from 3,155th in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Stéphane Courtois ranks 299 out of 561. Before him are Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kurt Aland, Filippo Baldinucci, and Jean Delumeau. After him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Lyubomir Miletich, Wilhelm von Bode, William H. McNeill, Léon Poliakov, and Hermann Conring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Stéphane Courtois ranks 334. Before him are Betty Buckley, Giancarlo Minardi, Julien Clerc, Robert Kerman, Giora Spiegel, and Joseph Daul. After him are Apasra Hongsakula, Rikky von Opel, Gérard Collomb, Pete Maravich, Ian Scheckter, and René Harris.

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In France

Among people born in France, Stéphane Courtois ranks 3,578 out of 6,770. Before him are Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817), Paul Grimault (1905), Georges Mouton (1770), Gustave Sandras (1872), Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747), and Joseph Daul (1947). After him are Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839), Hubertine Auclert (1848), Anna Gavalda (1970), Hugh VIII of Lusignan (1106), Baude Cordier (1364), and Alain Barrière (1935).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Stéphane Courtois ranks 44. Before him are Régine Pernoud (1909), Claude Cahen (1909), Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), and Jean Delumeau (1923). After him are André Clot (1909), Joseph-François Michaud (1767), George Cœdès (1886), Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), Alain Besançon (1932), and Jérôme Carcopino (1881).

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