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Gilles Kepel

1955 - Today

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Gilles Kepel (born June 30, 1955) is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in the contemporary Middle East and Muslims in the West. He was a professor at Sciences Po Paris, and Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) university, where he was the director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Program. His book Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the Challenge to the West (Columbia University Press, 2020) was reviewed by The New York Times as "an excellent primer for anyone wanting to get up to speed on the region." His essay Le Prophète et la Pandémie / du Moyen-Orient au jihadisme d'atmosphère topped the best-seller lists, and was translated into English as well as several other languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilles Kepel is the 15,913th most popular politician (down from 15,098th in 2024), the 4,819th most popular biography from France (down from 4,613th in 2019) and the 886th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gilles Kepel ranks 15,912 out of 19,576. Before him are Luis Alberto Riart, Lewis Cass, Antimachus I, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, and Christian Estrosi. After him are George Deukmejian, Pedro Gual Escandón, Jonas Vileišis, Alexandru G. Golescu, Werner Schlager, Michael Häupl, and Manfred Stolpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Gilles Kepel ranks 389. Before him are Julie Hagerty, Val McDermid, Ian Botham, Bill Nye, Glenne Headly, and Christian Estrosi. After him are Franco Tancredi, Dimitris Koutsoumpas, Güler Sabancı, Taco, Moctar Ouane, and Dennis Christopher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilles Kepel ranks 4,819 out of 6,770. Before him are James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673), Sébastien Chabal (1977), Marcel Mouloudji (1922), Zacarias Moussaoui (1968), Gilles Grangier (1911), and Christian Estrosi (1955). After him are Michel Deguy (1930), Bérénice Marlohe (1979), François Mazet (1943), George Fitzmaurice (1885), André Strappe (1928), and Raphaël Guerreiro (1993).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Gilles Kepel ranks 886. Before him are Joan, Lady of Wales (1191), Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641), Georges Spénale (1913), Gérard Collomb (1947), James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673), and Christian Estrosi (1955). After him are Michel Roger (1949), Jean Lassalle (1955), Marielle de Sarnez (1951), Louis Meznarie (1930), Bruno Gollnisch (1950), and Henri Emmanuelli (1945).

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