SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Abbé Pierre

1912 - 2007

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Abbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; 5 August 1912 – 22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, with the goal of helping poor and homeless people. For several decades, he was one of the most popular public figures in France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbé Pierre is the 145th most popular social activist (up from 187th in 2019), the 1,240th most popular biography from France (up from 1,634th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Abbé Pierre ranks 145 out of 840. Before him are Al-Mu'tazz, Mordechai Anielewicz, Yelena Bonner, Marianne Bachmeier, Ishikawa Goemon, and Alfred Naujocks. After him are Cesar Chavez, Sergey Nechayev, George Stinney, Vlado Chernozemski, Yiannis Ritsos, and Beppe Grillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Abbé Pierre ranks 66. Before him are Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Lawrence Durrell, Salvador Luria, Otto Kretschmer, Kim Sung-gan, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. After him are Rodolfo Gucci, John Cheever, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Pat Nixon, John Payne, and Minoru Yamasaki. Among people deceased in 2007, Abbé Pierre ranks 47. Before him are Jane Wyman, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Henri Troyat, Arawa Kimura, Momofuku Ando, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. After him are John Backus, Oscar Peterson, Gaston Thorn, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Nobuo Matsunaga, and Paul Watzlawick.

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In France

Among people born in France, Abbé Pierre ranks 1,240 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Gilson (1884), Bertrade de Montfort (1070), Élisée Reclus (1830), Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720), Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), and Paul Bourget (1852). After him are Jean de Dunois (1402), Jacques Ibert (1890), Camille Jordan (1838), Michel Tournier (1924), Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), and Emmanuel Chabrier (1841).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Abbé Pierre ranks 11. Before him are Louise Michel (1830), René Just Haüy (1743), Flora Tristan (1803), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), and Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208). After him are Balthasar Gérard (1557), Jacques Roux (1752), Ravachol (1859), Marina Ginestà (1919), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), and Guillaume Cale (1350).

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