WRITER
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault ( peh-ROH, US also pə-ROH, French: [ʃaʁl pɛʁo]; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé (Stories or Tales from Past Times). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Perrault has received more than 3,061,925 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Charles Perrault is the 71st most popular writer (down from 67th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from France (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Writer.
Charles Perrault is most famous for his fairy tales.
Memorability Metrics
3.1M
Page Views (PV)
78.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
80
Languages Editions (L)
11.54
Effective Languages (L*)
3.23
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Charles Perrault ranks 71 out of 7,302. Before him are Umberto Eco, Heinrich Heine, Romain Rolland, Bertolt Brecht, Nikolai Gogol, and Li Bai. After him are Milan Kundera, Robert Frost, Theodor Herzl, Jorge Luis Borges, Václav Havel, and Arthur Rimbaud.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsUmberto Eco
1932 - 2016
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 65
Heinrich Heine
1797 - 1856
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 66
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 67
Bertolt Brecht
1898 - 1956
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 68
Nikolai Gogol
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 69
Li Bai
701 - 762
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 70
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 71
Milan Kundera
1929 - 2023
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 72
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 73
Theodor Herzl
1860 - 1904
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 74
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 - 1986
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 75
Václav Havel
1936 - 2011
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 76
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 77
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1628, Charles Perrault ranks 1. After him are Marcello Malpighi, Jacob van Ruisdael, John Bunyan, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Muazzez Sultan, François Girardon, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, and Lucrezia Barberini. Among people deceased in 1703, Charles Perrault ranks 2. Before him is Robert Hooke. After him are Mustafa II, Man in the Iron Mask, John Wallis, Vincenzo Viviani, Johann Christoph Bach, Samuel Pepys, Ilona Zrínyi, Erik Dahlbergh, Phetracha, and Nicolas de Grigny.
Others Born in 1628
Go to all RankingsCharles Perrault
WRITER
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 1
Marcello Malpighi
PHYSICIAN
1628 - 1694
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 2
Jacob van Ruisdael
PAINTER
1628 - 1682
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 3
John Bunyan
WRITER
1628 - 1688
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 4
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
COMPANION
1628 - 1685
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 5
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1662
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 6
Muazzez Sultan
POLITICIAN
1628 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 7
François Girardon
SCULPTOR
1628 - 1715
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 8
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1628 - 1695
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 9
Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1709
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 10
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1701
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 11
Lucrezia Barberini
NOBLEMAN
1628 - 1699
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1703
Go to all RankingsRobert Hooke
PHYSICIST
1635 - 1703
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 1
Charles Perrault
WRITER
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
Mustafa II
POLITICIAN
1664 - 1703
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 3
Man in the Iron Mask
EXTREMIST
1640 - 1703
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 4
John Wallis
MATHEMATICIAN
1616 - 1703
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 5
Vincenzo Viviani
MATHEMATICIAN
1622 - 1703
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 6
Johann Christoph Bach
COMPOSER
1642 - 1703
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 7
Samuel Pepys
WRITER
1633 - 1703
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 8
Ilona Zrínyi
POLITICIAN
1643 - 1703
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 9
Erik Dahlbergh
ENGINEER
1625 - 1703
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 10
Phetracha
POLITICIAN
1632 - 1703
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 11
Nicolas de Grigny
MUSICIAN
1672 - 1703
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Charles Perrault ranks 58 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Becquerel (1852), Georges Bizet (1838), André-Marie Ampère (1775), Romain Rolland (1866), Gustave Eiffel (1832), and Cardinal Richelieu (1585). After him are Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Sarah Bernhardt (1844), Francis I of France (1494), Claudius (-10), Arthur Rimbaud (1854), and Louis Philippe I (1773).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsHenri Becquerel
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1908
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 52
Georges Bizet
COMPOSER
1838 - 1875
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 53
André-Marie Ampère
PHYSICIST
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 54
Romain Rolland
WRITER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 55
Gustave Eiffel
ENGINEER
1832 - 1923
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 56
Cardinal Richelieu
POLITICIAN
1585 - 1642
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 57
Charles Perrault
WRITER
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 58
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
PAINTER
1780 - 1867
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 59
Sarah Bernhardt
ACTOR
1844 - 1923
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 60
Francis I of France
POLITICIAN
1494 - 1547
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 61
Claudius
POLITICIAN
10 BC - 54
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 62
Arthur Rimbaud
WRITER
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 63
Louis Philippe I
POLITICIAN
1773 - 1850
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 64
Among WRITERS In France
Among writers born in France, Charles Perrault ranks 18. Before him are Stendhal (1783), Gustave Flaubert (1821), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Octave Mirbeau (1848), Marcel Proust (1871), and Romain Rolland (1866). After him are Arthur Rimbaud (1854), François Rabelais (1494), George Sand (1804), Marquis de Sade (1740), André Gide (1869), and Jean de La Fontaine (1621).
Stendhal
1783 - 1842
HPI: 80.71
Rank: 12
Gustave Flaubert
1821 - 1880
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 13
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 - 1986
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 14
Octave Mirbeau
1848 - 1917
HPI: 80.29
Rank: 15
Marcel Proust
1871 - 1922
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 16
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 17
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 18
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 19
François Rabelais
1494 - 1553
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 20
George Sand
1804 - 1876
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 21
Marquis de Sade
1740 - 1814
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 22
André Gide
1869 - 1951
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 23
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 - 1695
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 24