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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 247,413 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). André Maurois is the 386th most popular writer (up from 420th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from France (up from 481st in 2019) and the 68th 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."

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  • 250k

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  • 68.10

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, André Maurois ranks 386 out of 5,755Before him are Tulsidas, Dan Brown, Jo Nesbø, W. Somerset Maugham, Herta Müller, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. After him are Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, Hector Malot, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Apollonius of Rhodes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, André Maurois ranks 16Before him are Faisal I of Iraq, George S. Patton, Robert Delaunay, Karen Horney, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and Chester W. Nimitz. After him are Ernst Busch, Umberto Nobile, D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Tatlin, Mikhail Frunze, and George de Hevesy. Among people deceased in 1967, André Maurois ranks 15Before him are Vladimir Komarov, Clement Attlee, Edward Hopper, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Jack Ruby, and Felix Yusupov. After him are Zoltán Kodály, Gordon Allport, Ilya Ehrenburg, Johannes Itten, John Coltrane, and Rodion Malinovsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Maurois ranks 453 out of 6,011Before him are W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Jean Lannes (1769), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), André Derain (1880), and Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786). After him are Hippolyte Taine (1828), William Wyler (1902), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Hector Malot (1830), Robert Campin (1375), and Adolphe Adam (1803).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, André Maurois ranks 68Before him are Alphonse Daudet (1840), Henri Charrière (1906), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Théophile Gautier (1811), Auguste Escoffier (1847), and W. Somerset Maugham (1874). After him are Hector Malot (1830), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Louis Aragon (1897), Louise de La Vallière (1644), and Patrick Modiano (1945).