1947 - Today
Stéphane Courtois (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 114,450 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Stéphane Courtois is the 244th most popular historian (down from 225th in 2019), the 3,167th most popular biography from France (up from 3,168th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Historian.
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Among historians, Stéphane Courtois ranks 244 out of 339. Before him are Philipp Spitta, Karl Otfried Müller, Charles Rollin, Gustave Schlumberger, Jean Delumeau, and Wilhelm von Bode. After him are John Foxe, Tony Judt, Johannes Aventinus, Guo Pu, Egon Friedell, and Mahmoud Mohammed Taha.
1841 - 1894
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 238
1797 - 1840
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 239
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 240
1844 - 1929
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 241
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 242
1845 - 1929
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 243
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 244
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 245
1948 - 2010
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 246
1477 - 1534
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 247
276 - 324
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 248
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 249
1909 - 1985
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 250
Among people born in 1947, Stéphane Courtois ranks 262. Before him are Takeo Takahashi, Michel Berger, Orlan, Sammy Hagar, Marcello Semeraro, and Jennifer Warnes. After him are Hitoshi Igarashi, Ann Hui, Gunnar Hansen, Stefan Persson, Bogdan Tanjević, and Pauline Moran.
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 256
1947 - 1992
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 257
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 258
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 259
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 260
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 261
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 262
1947 - 1991
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 263
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 264
1947 - 2015
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 265
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 266
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 267
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 268
Among people born in France, Stéphane Courtois ranks 3,167 out of 6,011. Before him are Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763), Alain Chartier (1392), Jean Richepin (1849), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), Jean Delumeau (1923), and Jean Leray (1906). After him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Yves Meyer (1939), Alain Barrière (1935), Gérard Darmon (1948), Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746), and Max Aub (1909).
1763 - 1839
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 3,161
1392 - 1430
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 3,162
1849 - 1926
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 3,163
1921 - 1985
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 3,164
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 3,165
1906 - 1998
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 3,166
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 3,167
1854 - 1936
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3,168
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3,169
1935 - 2019
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3,170
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3,171
1746 - 1800
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 3,172
1909 - 1972
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 3,173
Among historians born in France, Stéphane Courtois ranks 36. Before him are Joseph de Guignes (1721), Paul Veyne (1930), Marc Ferro (1924), Charles Rollin (1661), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), and Jean Delumeau (1923). After him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Émile Mâle (1862), George Cœdès (1886), Emmanuel Todd (1951), Maxime Rodinson (1915), and Joseph-François Michaud (1767).
1721 - 1800
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 30
1930 - 2022
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 31
1924 - 2021
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 32
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 33
1844 - 1929
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 34
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 35
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 36
1930 - 2006
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 37
1862 - 1954
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 38
1886 - 1969
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 39
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 40
1915 - 2004
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 41
1767 - 1839
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 42