SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Germaine Tillion

1907 - 2008

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Germaine Tillion (30 May 1907 – 18 April 2008) was a French ethnologist, known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the Government of France. A member of the French Resistance in World War II, she spent time in Ravensbrück concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Germaine Tillion is the 402nd most popular social activist (down from 381st in 2019), the 3,740th most popular biography from France (down from 3,621st in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Germaine Tillion ranks 402 out of 840. Before her are Sumner Paine, Lempira, Black Elk, Franceska Mann, Dhondo Keshav Karve, and Meri Mangakāhia. After her are Ram Manohar Lohia, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Ivan Bolotnikov, Ninomiya Sontoku, Pattimura, and James Guillaume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Germaine Tillion ranks 204. Before her are Benny Carter, James A. Michener, Sándor Veress, Giuseppe Occhialini, Georges Speicher, and Ragnar Nurkse. After her are Ilia Vekua, Willy Busch, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Camargo Guarnieri, Mascha Kaléko, and Israel Albert Horowitz. Among people deceased in 2008, Germaine Tillion ranks 192. Before her are Freddie Hubbard, Galyani Vadhana, Robert Prosky, René Harris, Vija Artmane, and B. R. Chopra. After her are Lennart Bergelin, Patrick Hillery, Ken Ogata, Marlyn Meltzer, Paavo Haavikko, and Grigory Romanov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Germaine Tillion ranks 3,740 out of 6,770. Before her are Frédéric Vasseur (1968), Béatrice Dalle (1964), Marielle Goitschel (1945), Dominique Baratelli (1947), Joseph Joffo (1931), and Catherine Hessling (1900). After her are Alfred Perot (1863), Eugène Olivier (1881), Hippolyte Carnot (1801), Claude Le Roy (1948), Jules Janin (1804), and Edward Gardère (1909).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Germaine Tillion ranks 19. Before her are Jacques Roux (1752), Ravachol (1859), Marina Ginestà (1919), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Guillaume Cale (1350), and Martin Guerre (1524). After her are François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Eugénie Cotton (1881), Joseph Wresinski (1917), Christine Delphy (1941), Agnès Callamard (1964), and Osman Kavala (1957).

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