1844 - 1924
Anatole France (French: [anatɔl fʁɑ̃s]; born François-Anatole Thibault, [frɑ̃swa anatɔl tibo]; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anatole France has received more than 695,506 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Anatole France is the 115th most popular writer (down from 96th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from France (down from 95th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Writer.
Anatole France is most famous for his novel "The Red and the Black."
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Among writers, Anatole France ranks 115 out of 5,794. Before him are Václav Havel, George Sand, François Villon, Nicolas Flamel, Vladimir Nabokov, and Samuel Beckett. After him are Alexandre Dumas fils, Ismail I, Jean Cocteau, Henry David Thoreau, Jean de La Fontaine, and Hafez.
1936 - 2011
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 109
1804 - 1876
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 110
1431 - 1463
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 111
1330 - 1425
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 112
1899 - 1977
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 113
1906 - 1989
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 114
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 115
1824 - 1895
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 116
1487 - 1524
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 117
1889 - 1963
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 118
1817 - 1862
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 119
1621 - 1695
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 120
1325 - 1389
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1844, Anatole France ranks 6. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Paul Verlaine. After him are Mehmed V, Bernadette Soubirous, Henri Rousseau, Ilya Repin, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Alexandra of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1924, Anatole France ranks 4. Before him are Vladimir Lenin, Franz Kafka, and Giacomo Puccini. After him are Woodrow Wilson, Joseph Conrad, Alfred Marshall, Louis Sullivan, Gabriel Fauré, Carl Spitteler, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, and Frances Hodgson Burnett.
1844 - 1900
HPI: 91.80
Rank: 1
1844 - 1929
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 2
1844 - 1923
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 3
1844 - 1908
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 4
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 5
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 6
1844 - 1918
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 7
1844 - 1879
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 8
1844 - 1910
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 9
1844 - 1930
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 10
1844 - 1906
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 11
1844 - 1925
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 12
1870 - 1924
HPI: 92.52
Rank: 1
1883 - 1924
HPI: 90.26
Rank: 2
1858 - 1924
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 3
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 4
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 5
1857 - 1924
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 6
1842 - 1924
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 8
1845 - 1924
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 9
1845 - 1924
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 10
1868 - 1924
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 11
1849 - 1924
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Anatole France ranks 120 out of 5,234. Before him are François Villon (1431), Nicolas Flamel (1330), Joseph Fourier (1768), Madame de Pompadour (1721), Jacques Lacan (1901), and Philippe Pétain (1856). After him are Louis XVII of France (1785), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Georges Braque (1882), Pope Clement V (1264), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717).
1431 - 1463
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 114
1330 - 1425
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 115
1768 - 1830
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 116
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 117
1901 - 1981
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 118
1856 - 1951
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 119
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 120
1785 - 1795
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 121
1824 - 1895
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 122
1882 - 1963
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 123
1264 - 1314
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 124
1930 - 2002
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 125
1717 - 1783
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 126
Among writers born in France, Anatole France ranks 28. Before him are François Rabelais (1494), André Gide (1869), Paul Verlaine (1844), George Sand (1804), François Villon (1431), and Nicolas Flamel (1330). After him are Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Jean Cocteau (1889), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Sully Prudhomme (1839), André Breton (1896), and Petronius (27).
1494 - 1553
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 22
1869 - 1951
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 23
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 24
1804 - 1876
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 25
1431 - 1463
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 26
1330 - 1425
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 27
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 28
1824 - 1895
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 29
1889 - 1963
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 30
1621 - 1695
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 31
1839 - 1907
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 32
1896 - 1966
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 33
27 - 66
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 34