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Léon Blum

1872 - 1950

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André Léon Blum (French: [ɑ̃dʁe leɔ̃ blum]; 9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century. Blum was a disciple of socialist leader Jean Jaurès and became his successor after Jaurès' assassination in 1914. Despite Blum's relatively short tenures, his time in office was very influential. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Blum is the 1,701st most popular politician (up from 1,771st in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from France (up from 611th in 2019) and the 135th most popular French Politician.

Léon Blum was a socialist politician who served as the Prime Minister of France for a short time in 1936. He was also the first Jewish Prime Minister of France.

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Among politicians, Léon Blum ranks 1,701 out of 19,576. Before him are Idris of Libya, Afonso IV of Portugal, Abdul Latif Rashid, Christian III of Denmark, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Musaylimah. After him are Thaksin Shinawatra, Peter of Castile, Josiah, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Antonio López de Santa Anna, and Zoran Đinđić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Léon Blum ranks 13. Before him are Alexandra Kollontai, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Greeley Abbot, Johan Huizinga, Edith Wilson, and Emil Hácha. After him are Paul Langevin, Anton Denikin, Marcel Mauss, Djemal Pasha, Maurice Gamelin, and Sergei Diaghilev. Among people deceased in 1950, Léon Blum ranks 10. Before him are Gustaf V of Sweden, Johannes V. Jensen, Joseph Schumpeter, Norman Haworth, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Albert Lebrun. After him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Heinrich Mann, Marcel Mauss, Karl Renner, George Minot, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Blum ranks 551 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Monod (1910), Allan Kardec (1804), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), André Michel Lwoff (1902), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), and Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768). After him are Isabelle Huppert (1953), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), Maurice Béjart (1927), Françoise Sagan (1935), Paul Delaroche (1797), and Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Léon Blum ranks 135. Before him are Pauline Bonaparte (1780), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), Pepin the Hunchback (770), William II of England (1056), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), and Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768). After him are Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), Theuderic I (485), Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), René of Anjou (1409), and Peter II of Courtenay (1155).

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