Writer

Louis Aragon

French poet

1897 - 1982

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Louis Aragon

His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2024). Louis Aragon is the 455th most popular writer (down from 437th in 2024), the 541st most popular biography from France (down from 516th in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Writer.

Louis Aragon was a French poet, writer, and member of the French Communist Party. He is most famous for his poetry, which often deals with themes of love and death.

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Louis Aragon is the most memorable of the 20 notable people born in 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, ahead of Michael Lonsdale, Laurent Fabius, and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy.

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Louis Aragon's biography appears in 63 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 94% of all Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Louis Aragon ranks 455 out of 7,707. Before him are Philip Larkin, Thomas De Quincey, Philip Roth, Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, and Carl Spitteler. After him are Marguerite Yourcenar, Gabriela Mistral, Ahmad Yasawi, Baldassare Castiglione, Dan Brown, and Samuel Butler.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Philip Larkin
1922 - 1985
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 449
Thomas De Quincey
1785 - 1859
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 450
Philip Roth
1933 - 2018
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 451
Demetrius Vikelas
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 452
Jo Nesbø
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 453
Carl Spitteler
1845 - 1924
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 454
Louis Aragon
1897 - 1982
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 455
Marguerite Yourcenar
1903 - 1987
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 456
Gabriela Mistral
1889 - 1957
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 457
Ahmad Yasawi
1103 - 1166
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 458
Baldassare Castiglione
1478 - 1529
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 459
Dan Brown
1964 - Present
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 460
Samuel Butler
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 461

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Aragon ranks 22. Before him are Jiroemon Kimura, Anthony Eden, Lucky Luciano, Wilhelm Reich, Georges Bataille, and Odd Hassel. After him are Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ferenc Szálasi, Frank Capra, Gordon Allport, Kurt Schuschnigg, and Norbert Elias. Among people deceased in 1982, Louis Aragon ranks 22. Before him are William Giauque, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Vasily Chuikov, Karl von Frisch, Erving Goffman, and Stanford Moore. After him are Gilles Villeneuve, Glenn Gould, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Barack Obama Sr., Hugo Theorell, and Gala Dalí.

Others Born in 1897

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Jiroemon Kimura
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1897
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 16
Anthony Eden
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1977
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 17
Lucky Luciano
MAFIOSO
1897 - 1962
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 18
Wilhelm Reich
PSYCHOLOGIST
1897 - 1957
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 19
Georges Bataille
WRITER
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 20
Odd Hassel
CHEMIST
1897 - 1981
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 21
Louis Aragon
WRITER
1897 - 1982
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 22
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1918
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 23
Ferenc Szálasi
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 24
Frank Capra
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1991
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 25
Gordon Allport
PSYCHOLOGIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 26
Kurt Schuschnigg
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 27
Norbert Elias
SOCIOLOGIST
1897 - 1990
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 28