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The Most Famous

CRITICS from France

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This page contains a list of the greatest French Critics. The pantheon dataset contains 5 Critics, 1 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 4th most number of Critics behind United Kingdom and Russia.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Critics of all time. This list of famous French Critics is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804 - 1869)

With an HPI of 63.87, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve is the most famous French Critic.  His biography has been translated into 40 different languages on wikipedia.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl oɡystɛ̃ sɛ̃t bœv]; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as critics born between 1804 and 1804. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased critics include Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve.

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