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Tzvetan Todorov

1939 - 2017

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Tzvetan Todorov (; French: [tsvetan tɔdɔʁɔv, dzve-]; Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, intellectual history and culture theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tzvetan Todorov is the 63rd most popular historian (down from 58th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Historian.

Tzvetan Todorov is most famous for his book "The Conquest of America" which analyzes the history of the Americas from a European perspective.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Tzvetan Todorov ranks 63 out of 561. Before him are Francesco Guicciardini, Euhemerus, Ernst Gombrich, Johann Gustav Droysen, John Skylitzes, and Heinrich Wölfflin. After him are Jared Diamond, Libanius, Movses Khorenatsi, Callisthenes, Benzion Netanyahu, and Theopompus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Tzvetan Todorov ranks 37. Before him are John Cleese, George Lazenby, Junko Tabei, F. Murray Abraham, Sidney Altman, and Clay Regazzoni. After him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Wes Craven, Jorge Sampaio, Ratko Janev, and Ali MacGraw. Among people deceased in 2017, Tzvetan Todorov ranks 39. Before him are Simone Veil, Slobodan Praljak, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Liu Xiaobo, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Mauno Koivisto. After him are Louise Hay, Liliane Bettencourt, Emmanuelle Riva, Powers Boothe, Chester Bennington, and Lotfi A. Zadeh.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Tzvetan Todorov ranks 23 out of 415. Before him are Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Talaat Pasha (1874), Kubrat (605), Saint Naum (830), Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168), and Hristo Stoichkov (1966). After him are Ratko Janev (1939), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Sylvie Vartan (1944), Boris Christoff (1914), Fritz Zwicky (1898), and John of Rila (876).

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Among HISTORIANS In Bulgaria

Among historians born in Bulgaria, Tzvetan Todorov ranks 1. After him are Paisius of Hilendar (1722), and Marin Drinov (1838).

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