WRITER

André Maurois

1885 - 1967

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André Maurois (French: [mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Maurois has received more than 251,849 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). André Maurois is the 438th most popular writer (down from 385th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from France (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Writer.

André Maurois is most famous for being a French writer and biographer. He was born in 1885 and died in 1967. He is most famous for his book "The Life of Sir Walter Scott."

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vie de Disraëli
1927
Byron
1930
Magiciens et logiciens
1935
Les silences du colonel Bramble
1900
Ariel
1923
La vie de Disraëli
1927

Among WRITERS

Among writers, André Maurois ranks 438 out of 7,302. Before him are Frank Herbert, Hector Malot, Al-Maʿarri, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kurt Vonnegut, and Louis Aragon. After him are Meera, Lysias, Giacomo Leopardi, Auguste Escoffier, Propertius, and Rudaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, André Maurois ranks 16. Before him are Hermann Hoth, Karen Horney, Julius Streicher, Robert Delaunay, Faisal I of Iraq, and Chester W. Nimitz. After him are Mikhail Frunze, Ernst Busch, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Ernst Bloch, George de Hevesy, and Sonia Delaunay. Among people deceased in 1967, André Maurois ranks 15. Before him are Mohammad Mosaddegh, Clement Attlee, Ilse Koch, Spencer Tracy, Zoltán Kodály, and Jack Ruby. After him are Edward Hopper, Jayne Mansfield, Gordon Allport, Rodion Malinovsky, Ilya Ehrenburg, and Johannes Itten.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Maurois ranks 517 out of 6,770. Before him are Carloman I (751), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Charles de Foucauld (1858), and Louis Aragon (1897). After him are Jacques Le Goff (1924), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), Childebert I (497), Roger I of Sicily (1031), and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, André Maurois ranks 77. Before him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Alfred de Musset (1810), Patrick Modiano (1945), William of Rubruck (1220), Hector Malot (1830), and Louis Aragon (1897). After him are Auguste Escoffier (1847), Boris Vian (1920), Jacques Hébert (1757), Héloïse (1101), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), and Jules Michelet (1798).

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