Writer

Boris Vian

1920 - 1959

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Boris Vian

His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Vian is the 521st most popular writer (down from 452nd in 2024), the 615th most popular biography from France (down from 536th in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Writer.

Boris Vian is most famous for his novel "L'Écume des jours" (1947), which was translated into English as "Froth on the Daydream" and was made into a film by Michel Gondry in 2001.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Boris Vian ranks 521 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Franko, Tibullus, Ivan Goncharov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ilya Ehrenburg, and Michel Houellebecq. After him are William S. Burroughs, Novatian, G. K. Chesterton, Jacinto Benavente, Ludvig Holberg, and Georg Trakl.

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Ivan Franko
1856 - 1916
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 515
Tibullus
50 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 516
Ivan Goncharov
1812 - 1891
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 517
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804 - 1864
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 518
Ilya Ehrenburg
1891 - 1967
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 519
Michel Houellebecq
1956 - Present
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 520
Boris Vian
1920 - 1959
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 521
William S. Burroughs
1914 - 1997
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 522
Novatian
220 - 258
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 523
G. K. Chesterton
1874 - 1936
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 524
Jacinto Benavente
1866 - 1954
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 525
Ludvig Holberg
1684 - 1754
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 526
Georg Trakl
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 527

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Boris Vian ranks 29. Before him are Charlie Parker, François Jacob, Traudl Junge, Éric Rohmer, George Porter, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. After him are Captain Tom, Montgomery Clift, Fritz Walter, Frank Sheeran, Edmond H. Fischer, and Helmut Newton. Among people deceased in 1959, Boris Vian ranks 15. Before him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Gérard Philipe, Bohuslav Martinů, Billie Holiday, Raymond Chandler, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. After him are D. F. Malan, William Halsey Jr., Shirō Ishii, Camilo Cienfuegos, George Grosz, and Errol Flynn.

Others Born in 1920

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Charlie Parker
MUSICIAN
1920 - 1955
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 23
François Jacob
BIOLOGIST
1920 - 2013
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 24
Traudl Junge
WRITER
1920 - 2002
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 25
Éric Rohmer
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 2010
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 26
George Porter
CHEMIST
1920 - 2002
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 27
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
POLITICIAN
1920 - 2016
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 28
Boris Vian
WRITER
1920 - 1959
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 29
Captain Tom
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2021
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 30
Montgomery Clift
ACTOR
1920 - 1966
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 31
Fritz Walter
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - 2002
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 32
Frank Sheeran
EXTREMIST
1920 - 2003
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 33
Edmond H. Fischer
CHEMIST
1920 - 2021
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 34
Helmut Newton
PHOTOGRAPHER
1920 - 2004
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 35

Others Deceased in 1959

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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1959
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 9
Gérard Philipe
ACTOR
1922 - 1959
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 10
Bohuslav Martinů
COMPOSER
1890 - 1959
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 11
Billie Holiday
SINGER
1915 - 1959
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 12
Raymond Chandler
WRITER
1888 - 1959
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 13
Heitor Villa-Lobos
COMPOSER
1887 - 1959
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 14
Boris Vian
WRITER
1920 - 1959
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 15
D. F. Malan
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1959
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 16
William Halsey Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1882 - 1959
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 17
Shirō Ishii
PHYSICIAN
1892 - 1959
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 18
Camilo Cienfuegos
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1932 - 1959
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 19
George Grosz
PAINTER
1893 - 1959
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 20
Errol Flynn
ACTOR
1909 - 1959
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 21