Claude Javeau

{{Short description|Belgian sociologist and professor (1940–2021)}}

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| birth_date = 22 September 1940

| birth_place = Liège, Belgium

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| death_place = Brussels, Belgium

| nationality = Belgian

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| occupation = Sociologist
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Claude Javeau (22 September 1940 – 12 August 2021) was a Belgian sociologist and professor.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=13 August 2021|title=Le sociologue émérite Claude Javeau est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://bx1.be/categories/news/le-sociologue-emerite-claude-javeau-est-decede/|language=French|work=BX1|location= |access-date=19 August 2021}}

He studied at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. He was a professor of sociology at the Université libre de Bruxelles from 1987 to 2005. He also succeeded {{ill|Henri Janne|fr}} as the university's Director of the Center for General Sociology. He was a guest professor at multiple universities.

Claude Javeau died in Brussels on 12 August 2021 at the age of 80.{{cite news |last=Carlot|first=Philippe|date=17 August 2021|title=Décès à l'âge de 80 ans du sociologue (ULB) Claude Javeau|trans-title= |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/belgique/detail_deces-a-l-age-de-80-ans-du-sociologue-ulb-claude-javeau?id=10825247|language=French|work=RTBF|location= |access-date=19 August 2021}}