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Marcel Bezençon

1907 - 1981

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Marcel Bezençon (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; 1 May 1907 – 17 February 1981) was a Swiss journalist, media executive and the director of the European Broadcasting Union between 1954 and 1970. In 1955, he conceived the idea of the Eurovision Song Contest, based on the famous Sanremo Music Festival. Bezençon graduated with a degree in art history from the University of Lausanne in 1932, and then started work as a freelance art and theater critic before becoming editor of the newspaper Feuille d'Avis. In 1939, he joined Radio suisse romande (RSR), where he served as its director until 1950 when he became Director-General of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), which he served until 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Bezençon is the 25th most popular journalist (up from 34th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 228th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Marcel Bezençon ranks 25 out of 196. Before him are Robert Guérin, Gareth Jones, W. Eugene Smith, Alexander Berkman, Steve McCurry, and Endre Ady. After him are Mauricio Funes, Jeremy Clarkson, Charles Dow, Margaret Bourke-White, François Mignet, and Christopher Hitchens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Marcel Bezençon ranks 84. Before him are Daigoro Kondo, Albert Gore Sr., Pierre Mendès France, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, John G. Trump, and Jan Patočka. After him are Mehdi Bazargan, Jean Hyppolite, Franz Jägerstätter, René Char, Antonín Puč, and Altiero Spinelli. Among people deceased in 1981, Marcel Bezençon ranks 48. Before him are Leo Kanner, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Lobsang Rampa, Karl Richter, Frances Yates, and Alberto Suppici. After him are Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Bill Shankly, Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, Mao Dun, and Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Marcel Bezençon ranks 160 out of 1,015. Before him are Jakob Ammann (1644), Ami Argand (1750), Max Bill (1908), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), and Jean-André Deluc (1727). After him are Théophile Steinlen (1859), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Viola Amherd (1962), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), and Karin Keller-Sutter (1963).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Switzerland

Among journalists born in Switzerland, Marcel Bezençon ranks 1. 

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