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Claude Piron

1931 - 2008

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Claude Piron, also known by the pseudonym Johán Valano, was a Swiss psychologist, Esperantist, translator, and writer. He worked as a translator for the United Nations from 1956 to 1961 and then for the World Health Organization. He was a prolific author of Esperanto works. He spoke Esperanto from childhood and used it in Japan, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, in Africa and Latin America, and in nearly all the countries of Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Piron is the 67th most popular linguist (down from 64th in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 309th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Claude Piron ranks 67 out of 214. Before him are Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Vilém Mathesius, Karl Brugmann, August Leskien, and Johannes Aavik. After him are Vatroslav Jagić, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Friedrich Christian Diez, Paul Ariste, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, and Émile Littré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Claude Piron ranks 156. Before him are Te Atairangikaahu, George Vassiliou, Magali Noël, John Milnor, Franco Interlenghi, and Olympia Dukakis. After him are Rubens de Falco, Sébastien Japrisot, Christian Metz, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Adriana Asti, and Rip Torn. Among people deceased in 2008, Claude Piron ranks 93. Before him are Paul Scofield, Anthony Minghella, Cyd Charisse, Manuel Marulanda, Jean Delannoy, and Eva Dahlbeck. After him are Dinko Šakić, Rubens de Falco, Paul Frère, Kon Ichikawa, Joseph Weizenbaum, and Ann Savage.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Claude Piron ranks 308 out of 1,190. Before him are Arnold Geulincx (1624), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Henri Debehogne (1928), Enzo Scifo (1966), Firmin Lambot (1886), and Stromae (1985). After him are John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (1727), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Michiel Coxie (1499), and Jean Bolland (1596).

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Among LINGUISTS In Belgium

Among linguists born in Belgium, Claude Piron ranks 1. 

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