1899 - 1959
Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Péret has received more than 77,939 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Benjamin Péret is the 2,034th most popular writer (down from 1,764th in 2019), the 2,297th most popular biography from France (down from 1,937th in 2019) and the 290th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Benjamin Péret ranks 2,034 out of 5,755. Before him are Tomé Pires, John W. Campbell, Georg Heym, Doppo Kunikida, D. R. Bendre, and Giovanni Botero. After him are Yoshida Kenkō, Mohamed Choukri, James M. Cain, Joseph Kessel, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, and Felice Romani.
1468 - 1540
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,028
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,029
1887 - 1912
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,030
1871 - 1908
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,031
1896 - 1981
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,032
1544 - 1617
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,033
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,034
1283 - 1350
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,035
1935 - 2003
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,036
1892 - 1977
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,037
1898 - 1979
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,038
1704 - 1771
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 2,039
1788 - 1865
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 2,040
Among people born in 1899, Benjamin Péret ranks 93. Before him are Nicolas Frantz, Eugene Ormandy, Wilhelm Röpke, John Barbirolli, Marcel Dalio, and Gustaf Gründgens. After him are Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Mart Stam, Soraya Tarzi, Max Simon, Pancho Vladigerov, and Jimmie Angel. Among people deceased in 1959, Benjamin Péret ranks 59. Before him are Lester Young, Albert Ketèlbey, Curt Sachs, George Reeves, Dmitry Manuilsky, and George Antheil. After him are Hitoshi Ashida, Irakli Tsereteli, Werner Krauss, Jose P. Laurel, Enrique Guaita, and Adolf Ziegler.
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 87
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 88
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 89
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 90
1899 - 1983
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 91
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 92
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 93
1899 - 1954
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 94
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 95
1899 - 1968
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 96
1899 - 1961
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 97
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 98
1899 - 1956
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 99
1909 - 1959
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 53
1875 - 1959
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 54
1881 - 1959
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 55
1914 - 1959
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 56
1883 - 1959
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 57
1900 - 1959
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 58
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 59
1887 - 1959
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 60
1881 - 1959
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 61
1884 - 1959
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 62
1891 - 1959
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 63
1910 - 1959
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 64
1892 - 1959
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 65
Among people born in France, Benjamin Péret ranks 2,297 out of 6,011. Before him are Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), Violette Leduc (1907), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Hans von Salmuth (1888), and Marguerite of Lorraine (1615). After him are Henry Beaufort (1374), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Johann Hermann (1738), Louis Poinsot (1777), and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816).
1851 - 1940
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,291
1907 - 1972
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,292
1797 - 1886
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,293
1643 - 1704
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,294
1888 - 1962
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,295
1615 - 1672
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,296
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,297
1374 - 1447
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,298
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,299
1704 - 1771
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 2,300
1738 - 1800
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2,301
1777 - 1859
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2,302
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 2,303
Among writers born in France, Benjamin Péret ranks 290. Before him are Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Jacques Amyot (1513), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), and Violette Leduc (1907). After him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Paul Adam (1862), Fred Vargas (1957), Auguste Maquet (1813), Bernard Palissy (1510), and Nicholas Rémy (1530).
1331 - 1391
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 284
1346 - 1406
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 285
1802 - 1861
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 286
1513 - 1593
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 287
1567 - 1625
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 288
1907 - 1972
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 289
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 290
1704 - 1771
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 291
1862 - 1920
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 292
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 293
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 294
1510 - 1589
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 295
1530 - 1612
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 296