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Gaston Rébuffat

1921 - 1985

Gaston Rébuffat

Gaston Rébuffat (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ ʁebyfa]; 7 May 1921, Marseille – 31 May 1985, Paris) was a French alpinist, mountain guide, and author. He is well known as a member of the first expedition to summit Annapurna 1 in 1950 and the first man to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps. In 1984, he was made an officer in the French Legion of Honour for his service as a mountaineering instructor for the French military. At the age of 64, Gaston Rébuffat died of cancer in Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Rébuffat is the 3,247th most popular writer (up from 3,676th in 2019), the 3,349th most popular biography from France (up from 3,673rd in 2019) and the 423rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 3,247 out of 7,302. Before him are Joan Maragall, E. E. Smith, Jien, Abu-l-'Atahiya, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, and Suzanne Curchod. After him are Eric Ambler, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Qian Zhongshu, Tudor Arghezi, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and Rutka Laskier.

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Joan Maragall
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HPI: 59.76
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E. E. Smith
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Jien
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HPI: 59.75
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Gaston Rébuffat
1921 - 1985
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 3,247
Eric Ambler
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HPI: 59.75
Rank: 3,248
Yasutaka Tsutsui
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 3,249
Qian Zhongshu
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 3,250
Tudor Arghezi
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Rank: 3,251
Andrija Kačić Miošić
1704 - 1760
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3,252
Rutka Laskier
1929 - 1943
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3,253

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 196. Before him are Guy Laroche, Leo Penn, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Andrew M. Gleason, Erich Fried, and Giorgio Strehler. After him are Georges Mathieu, Reuven Feuerstein, Theodore Van Kirk, John Aston Sr., Alain Mimoun, and Oldřich Černík. Among people deceased in 1985, Gaston Rébuffat ranks 121. Before him are Benjamin Markarian, Robert Surtees, Julia Robinson, Omayra Sánchez, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, and Gale Sondergaard. After him are Sergei Gerasimov, Helene Engelmann, Enrique Fernández Viola, Samantha Smith, Salvador Espriu, and Pavel Batov.

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Guy Laroche
FASHION DESIGNER
1921 - 1989
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 190
Leo Penn
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HPI: 60.05
Rank: 191
Archduchess Charlotte of Austria
COMPANION
1921 - 1989
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 192
Andrew M. Gleason
MATHEMATICIAN
1921 - 2008
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 193
Erich Fried
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1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 194
Giorgio Strehler
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 195
Gaston Rébuffat
WRITER
1921 - 1985
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 196
Georges Mathieu
PAINTER
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 197
Reuven Feuerstein
PSYCHOLOGIST
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 198
Theodore Van Kirk
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 199
John Aston Sr.
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 2003
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 200
Alain Mimoun
ATHLETE
1921 - 2013
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 201
Oldřich Černík
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1994
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 202