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Francis Bebey

1929 - 2001

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Francis Bebey (French: [bəbɛ], 15 July 1929 in Douala, Cameroon – 28 May 2001 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian musicologist, writer, composer, and broadcaster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Bebey is the 5,145th most popular writer (down from 4,938th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cameroonian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francis Bebey ranks 5,145 out of 7,302. Before him are Daša Drndić, Gerbrand Bredero, Jean Cau, Anna Louisa Karsch, Arvo Valton, and Stephen Hunter. After him are Wolf Erlbruch, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, István Fekete, David Crane, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, and Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Francis Bebey ranks 393. Before him are Ottó Boros, Béla Kárpáti, Walter Kempowski, Bonnie Bartlett, István Rózsavölgyi, and Kazimir Hnatow. After him are Manfred Kaiser, Pedro Nájera, Arthur Barnard, Mario Francesco Pompedda, Paule Desjardins, and György Gurics. Among people deceased in 2001, Francis Bebey ranks 254. Before him are Jalil Zandi, Daniel Lewin, Arne Sucksdorff, Vasili Kuznetsov, Charles Régnier, and Thomas Sebeok. After him are Mario Bergara, Álvaro Magaña, Burkhard Heim, Hilda Cameron, Frans De Mulder, and Oldřich Lajsek.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Francis Bebey ranks 31 out of 156. Before him are Patrick Baudry (1946), Joseph Bessala (1941), Vincent Aboubakar (1992), Ephrem M'Bom (1954), Jacques Songo'o (1964), and Richard Bona (1967). After him are François Omam-Biyik (1966), Carlos Kameni (1984), Michel Pensée (1973), Théophile Abega (1954), Werewere Liking (1950), and Ferdinand Oyono (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Cameroon

Among writers born in Cameroon, Francis Bebey ranks 2. Before him are Mongo Beti (1932). After him are Werewere Liking (1950), Calixthe Beyala (1961), Léonora Miano (1973), and Djaili Amadou Amal (1975).

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