Jean-Pierre Rioux
French historian (1939–2024)
Jean-Pierre Rioux (15 February 1939 – 6 December 2024) was a French historian. A member of the Democratic Movement, he was director of research at the Institut d'histoire du temps présent from 1980 to 1991.
Rioux was a recipient of the Legion of Honour (2000) and the Ordre national du Mérite (2011).
Rioux died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 85.
“Jean-Pierre Rioux” enters the record as french historian (1939–2024). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jean-Pierre, Rioux and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3169709. VIAF identifies the subject as 83106971. The Library of Congress control number is n84127205. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1939, 2024, 1980 and 1991.
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