1920 - 1959
Boris Vian (French: [bɔʁis vjɑ̃]; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release due to their unconventional outlook. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Vian has received more than 540,722 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Boris Vian is the 474th most popular writer (up from 487th in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from France (down from 549th in 2019) and the 84th 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.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among writers, Boris Vian ranks 474 out of 5,755. Before him are René Guénon, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Jacques Hébert, Grazia Deledda, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Octavio Paz. After him are Savitribai Phule, Jules Michelet, William S. Burroughs, Nathaniel Hawthorne, D. H. Lawrence, and Statius.
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 468
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 469
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 470
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 471
1811 - 1863
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 472
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 473
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 474
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 475
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 476
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 477
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 478
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 479
40 - 96
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 480
Among people born in 1920, Boris Vian ranks 23. Before him are Gianni Rodari, Zecharia Sitchin, Amália Rodrigues, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Traudl Junge, and Montgomery Clift. After him are Owen Chamberlain, Richard von Weizsäcker, Walter Matthau, Helmut Newton, John Demjanjuk, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Among people deceased in 1959, Boris Vian ranks 10. Before him are Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, George Marshall, Raymond Chandler, Billie Holiday, Owen Willans Richardson, and Gérard Philipe. After him are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camilo Cienfuegos, Adolf Windaus, Shirō Ishii, Buddy Holly, and Errol Flynn.
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 17
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 20
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 21
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 22
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 24
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 25
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 26
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 27
1920 - 2012
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 28
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 29
1869 - 1959
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 5
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 6
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 7
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 8
1922 - 1959
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 9
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 10
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 11
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 12
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 13
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 14
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 15
1909 - 1959
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Boris Vian ranks 566 out of 6,011. Before him are Ansgar (801), Jacques Hébert (1757), Marie Tussaud (1761), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Paul Sabatier (1854), and Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943). After him are Jules Michelet (1798), Richard Clayderman (1953), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Peter the Hermit (1050), Syagrius (430), and Charles-Henri Sanson (1739).
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 560
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 561
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 562
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 563
1854 - 1941
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 564
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 565
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 566
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 567
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 568
1609 - 1669
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 569
1050 - 1115
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 570
430 - 487
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 571
1739 - 1806
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 572
Among writers born in France, Boris Vian ranks 84. Before him are Anaïs Nin (1903), William of Rubruck (1220), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), René Guénon (1886), and Jacques Hébert (1757). After him are Jules Michelet (1798), Gaston Leroux (1868), Alfred de Musset (1810), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Héloïse (1101), and Henri Barbusse (1873).
1903 - 1977
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 78
1220 - 1293
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 79
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 80
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 81
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 82
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 83
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 84
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 85
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 86
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 87
1394 - 1465
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 88
1101 - 1164
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 89
1873 - 1935
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 90