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Paul Veyne

1930 - 2022

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Paul Veyne (French: [pɔl vɛn]; 13 June 1930 – 29 September 2022) was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the École Normale Supérieure and member of the École française de Rome, he was honorary professor at the Collège de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Veyne is the 196th most popular historian (down from 109th in 2019), the 2,783rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,701st in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Paul Veyne ranks 196 out of 561. Before him are Ernst Kantorowicz, Krste Misirkov, Henri Maspero, Ibn Wahshiyya, Alexander Kazhdan, and Aulus Cremutius Cordus. After him are Roger Chartier, Slobodan Jovanović, Christian Gottlob Heyne, H. A. R. Gibb, Howard Zinn, and William of Malmesbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Paul Veyne ranks 199. Before him are June Almeida, Tanya Savicheva, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Guy Ligier, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Anthony Steffen. After him are Venantino Venantini, Arnaldo Ochoa, Jan P. Syse, Clifford Brown, Viktor Tikhonov, and Clive Revill. Among people deceased in 2022, Paul Veyne ranks 168. Before him are Reine Wisell, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Lando Buzzanca, Piet Schrijvers, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Börje Salming. After him are Nichelle Nichols, Kenneth Tsang, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, and Anatoly Filipchenko.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Veyne ranks 2,783 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Rich (1929), Musidora (1889), Albert Vanhoye (1923), Édouard Branly (1844), Louis Billot (1846), and Juliette Drouet (1806). After him are André Cayatte (1909), Michel Sardou (1947), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), Roger Chartier (1945), Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744), and Joseph Caillaux (1863).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Paul Veyne ranks 27. Before him are Adémar de Chabannes (989), François Furet (1927), Augustin Thierry (1795), Charles Diehl (1859), George Cœdès (1886), and Henri Maspero (1883). After him are Roger Chartier (1945), Edgar Quinet (1803), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Bernard Desclot (1201), Charles Rollin (1661), and Régine Pernoud (1909).

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