# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacques-benoist-mechin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:21:48.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacques-benoist-mechin"
name: "Jacques Benoist-Méchin"
slug: "jacques-benoist-mechin"
description: "Jacques Michel Gabriel Paul Benoist-Méchin was a French far right politician and writer. He was born and died in Paris. Well known as a journalist, he later became prominent for his collaborationism under the Vichy regime. After his conviction in 1947 and release in 1954, in the second part of his life he became a historian, with a focus on the Arab world, and in 1981 won the Prix Broquette-Gonin."
tagline: "French far right politician and writer (1901-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques_Benoist-M%C3%A9chin_pris_par_Sophie_Bassouls.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1901-07-01"
deathDate: "1983-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.62
  momentum:             25
  historical:           7.422084
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Benoist-M%C3%A9chin"
    title: "Iacobus Benoist-Méchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جاك بونوا ميشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاك بونوا ميشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Benoist-M%C3%A9chin"
    title: "Jacques Benoist-Méchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Benoist-M%C3%A9chin"
    title: "Jacques Benoist-Méchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Benoist-M%C3%A9chin"
    title: "Jacques Benoist-Méchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96'%D7%90%D7%A7_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%9F"
    title: "ז'אק בנואה מאשן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Benoist-M%C3%A9chin"
    title: "Jacques Benoist-Méchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431802"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump