1135 - 1190
Bernart de Ventadorn (also Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn; c. 1130–1140 – c. 1190–1200) was a French poet-composer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. Generally regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music, his 18 extant melodies of 45 known poems in total is the most to survive from any 12th-century troubadour. He is remembered for his mastery as well as popularization of the trobar leu style, and for his prolific cançons, which helped define the genre and establish the "classical" form of courtly love poetry, to be imitated and reproduced throughout the remaining century and a half of troubadour activity.Now thought of as "the Master Singer," he developed the cançons into a more formalized style which allowed for sudden turns. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernart de Ventadorn has received more than 134,685 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bernart de Ventadorn is the 668th most popular writer (down from 657th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from France (down from 734th in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Writer.
Bernart de Ventadorn is most famous for his poetry. He is considered the first troubadour and was a major influence on the development of the troubadour tradition.
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Among writers, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 668 out of 5,755. Before him are Kumārajīva, Patricia Highsmith, Giosuè Carducci, Nellie Bly, Vuk Karadžić, and Masaru Emoto. After him are Giambattista Basile, Ivan Goncharov, Antoine François Prévost, Ryszard Kapuściński, Osip Mandelstam, and H. L. Mencken.
343 - 413
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 662
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 663
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 664
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 665
1787 - 1864
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 666
1943 - 2014
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 667
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 668
1566 - 1632
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 669
1812 - 1891
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 670
1697 - 1763
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 671
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 672
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 673
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 674
Among people born in 1135, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 4. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, Léonin, and Joachim of Fiore. After him are Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Inge I of Norway, Walter of Châtillon, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Judith of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and William I, Count of Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1190, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 3. Before him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. After him are Isabella of Hainault, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Saigyō, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Floris III, Count of Holland, Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and Anvari.
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 1
1135 - 1201
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 2
1135 - 1202
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 3
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 4
1135 - 1200
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5
1135 - 1161
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 6
1135 - 1201
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 7
1135 - 1213
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 8
1135 - 1174
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9
1135 - 1190
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 10
1135 - 1159
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11
1122 - 1190
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 1
1160 - 1190
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 2
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 3
1170 - 1190
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1125 - 1190
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 5
1118 - 1190
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 6
1144 - 1190
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 7
1141 - 1190
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 8
1142 - 1190
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 9
1151 - 1190
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 10
1135 - 1190
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 11
1126 - 1190
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 787 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Richard I of Normandy (933), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Vincent Cassel (1966), and Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677). After him are Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Girard Desargues (1591), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Pierre Boulle (1912), Lorin Maazel (1930), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709).
1339 - 1384
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 781
933 - 996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 782
1845 - 1918
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 783
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 784
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 785
1677 - 1749
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 786
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 787
1441 - 1483
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 788
1591 - 1661
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 789
1697 - 1763
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 790
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 791
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 792
1709 - 1782
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 793
Among writers born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 108. Before him are Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Frontinus (30), Georges Perec (1936), Alfred de Vigny (1797), and Raymond Queneau (1903). After him are Antoine François Prévost (1697), Pierre Boulle (1912), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), and Jean Froissart (1337).
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 102
1755 - 1826
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 103
30 - 103
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 104
1936 - 1982
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 105
1797 - 1863
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 106
1903 - 1976
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 107
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 108
1697 - 1763
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 109
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 110
1668 - 1747
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 111
1620 - 1705
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 112
1524 - 1585
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 113
1337 - 1405
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 114