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Robert Guérin

1876 - 1952

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Robert Guérin (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡeʁɛ̃]; born Clément Auguste Maurice Robert; 28 April 1876 – 19 March 1952) was a French journalist, and the first president and one of the founders of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). A journalist with Le Matin newspaper, Guérin was actively involved in football through his role as secretary of the Football Department of the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies. He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. On 23 May 1904, Guérin (then just 28) was elected president at the inaugural FIFA Congress and remained in his post for two years, during which time another eight associations came on board, including the Football Association. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Guérin is the 19th most popular journalist (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,629th most popular biography from France (down from 816th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Journalist.

Robert Guérin is most famous for his work in the field of the history of French literature. He was a professor at the Sorbonne and is best known for his work, "L'amour de l'art et la vie de l'artiste au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance."

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Among journalists, Robert Guérin ranks 19 out of 196. Before him are Jean-Marie Balestre, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, Julian Assange, David Seymour, and Victor Noir. After him are Gareth Jones, W. Eugene Smith, Alexander Berkman, Steve McCurry, Endre Ady, and Marcel Bezençon.

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Among people born in 1876, Robert Guérin ranks 50. Before him are Robert Michels, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Natalie Clifford Barney, Ivan Bilibin, and Ziya Gökalp. After him are Henri de Baillet-Latour, Ettore Bastico, Anna de Noailles, Alvin Kraenzlein, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, and Joseph M. Schenck. Among people deceased in 1952, Robert Guérin ranks 39. Before him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Pedro Lascuráin, Jack Parsons, Efim Bogoljubov, Joseph Avenol, and Bernard Lyot. After him are René Grousset, Jigme Wangchuck, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Hans Kramers, Kurt Schumacher, and Louise d'Orléans.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Guérin ranks 1,629 out of 6,770. Before him are Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909), Jean Alesi (1964), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), and Louis of Toulouse (1274). After him are René Grousset (1885), Françoise Gilot (1921), Louise Labé (1524), Alain Cuny (1908), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), and Michel Bouquet (1925).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Robert Guérin ranks 4. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), and Victor Noir (1848). After him are François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Bernard Pivot (1935), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Robbie Ross (1869), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Catherine Leroy (1944).

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