ARCHAEOLOGIST

André Leroi-Gourhan

1911 - 1986

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André Leroi-Gourhan (; French: [ləʁwa guʁɑ̃]; 25 August 1911 – 19 February 1986) was a French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist with an interest in technology and aesthetics and a penchant for philosophical reflection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Leroi-Gourhan is the 35th most popular archaeologist, the 2,211th most popular biography from France (down from 2,165th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 35 out of 151. Before him are Leo Frobenius, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Paul Pelliot, George Gaylord Simpson, Bogdan Filov, and Robert Ballard. After him are Ernst Curtius, Ami Boué, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Henri Breuil, Paul-Émile Botta, and Leonard Woolley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 106. Before him are Maureen O'Sullivan, Teddy Kollek, Maria Reiter, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Klára Dán von Neumann, and Andor Lilienthal. After him are Shiing-Shen Chern, Simone Simon, Ishirō Honda, Roberto Matta, Danny Kaye, and Franz Binder. Among people deceased in 1986, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 80. Before him are Emilio Fernández, Yaroslav Stetsko, J. Allen Hynek, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Jorge Alessandri, and Ellison Onizuka. After him are Pierre Fournier, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Grumiaux, Robert Stevenson, Henri Toivonen, and Christa McAuliffe.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 2,211 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Harel (1761), Pierre Bérégovoy (1925), Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972), Jacques Doillon (1944), Félix Tisserand (1845), and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808). After him are Nicolas Coustou (1658), Henri Duparc (1848), Yves Rocher (1930), Jean Goujon (1510), Lothair II of Italy (1000), and David Ginola (1967).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France

Among archaeologists born in France, André Leroi-Gourhan ranks 5. Before him are Jean-François Champollion (1790), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Austen Henry Layard (1817), and Paul Pelliot (1878). After him are Henri Breuil (1877), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), André Parrot (1901), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), François Bordes (1919), Victor Loret (1859), and Jean-François Séguier (1703).

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