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 2,985,948 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Charles Perrault is the 67th most popular writer (up from 72nd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from France (up from 69th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Writer.
Charles Perrault is most famous for his fairy tales.
Memorability Metrics
3.0M
Page Views (PV)
78.91
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
77
Languages Editions (L)
10.78
Effective Languages (L*)
3.21
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Charles Perrault ranks 67 out of 5,755. Before him are Thomas Mann, Rabindranath Tagore, Jack London, Henrik Ibsen, Stefan Zweig, and Arthur Rimbaud. After him are James Joyce, Romain Rolland, Giacomo Casanova, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and Astrid Lindgren.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Thomas Mann
1875 - 1955
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 61
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 62
Jack London
1876 - 1916
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 63
Henrik Ibsen
1828 - 1906
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 64
Stefan Zweig
1881 - 1942
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 65
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 66
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 67
James Joyce
1882 - 1941
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 68
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 69
Giacomo Casanova
1725 - 1798
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 70
Isaac Asimov
1920 - 1992
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 71
Ayn Rand
1905 - 1982
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 72
Astrid Lindgren
1907 - 2002
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 73
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1628, Charles Perrault ranks 1. After him are Marcello Malpighi, Jacob van Ruisdael, John Bunyan, Muazzez Sultan, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, François Girardon, Lucrezia Barberini, and Robert Cambert. 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, Ilona Zrínyi, Samuel Pepys, Erik Dahlbergh, Nicolas de Grigny, and Charles de Saint-Évremond.
Others Born in 1628
Go to all RankingsCharles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 1
Marcello Malpighi
1628 - 1694
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 2
Jacob van Ruisdael
1628 - 1682
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 3
John Bunyan
1628 - 1688
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 4
Muazzez Sultan
1628 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 5
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1628 - 1685
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 6
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
1628 - 1662
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 7
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg
1628 - 1695
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 8
Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano
1628 - 1709
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 9
François Girardon
1628 - 1715
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 10
Lucrezia Barberini
1628 - 1699
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 11
Robert Cambert
1628 - 1677
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1703
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Robert Hooke
1635 - 1703
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 1
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 2
Mustafa II
1664 - 1703
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 3
Man in the Iron Mask
1640 - 1703
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 4
John Wallis
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 5
Vincenzo Viviani
1622 - 1703
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 6
Johann Christoph Bach
1642 - 1703
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 7
Ilona Zrínyi
1643 - 1703
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 8
Samuel Pepys
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 9
Erik Dahlbergh
1625 - 1703
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 10
Nicolas de Grigny
1672 - 1703
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 11
Charles de Saint-Évremond
1613 - 1703
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Charles Perrault ranks 62 out of 6,011. Before him are Stendhal (1783), Gustave Flaubert (1821), Edgar Degas (1834), Georges Bizet (1838), Jacques-Louis David (1748), and Arthur Rimbaud (1854). After him are Claude Debussy (1862), Henri Becquerel (1852), Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Louis Braille (1809), Hector Berlioz (1803), and Maximilien Robespierre (1758).
Others born in France
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Stendhal
1783 - 1842
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 56
Gustave Flaubert
1821 - 1880
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 57
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 58
Georges Bizet
1838 - 1875
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 59
Jacques-Louis David
1748 - 1825
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 60
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 61
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 62
Claude Debussy
1862 - 1918
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 63
Henri Becquerel
1852 - 1908
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 64
Cardinal Richelieu
1585 - 1642
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 65
Louis Braille
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 66
Hector Berlioz
1803 - 1869
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 67
Maximilien Robespierre
1758 - 1794
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 68
Among WRITERS In France
Among writers born in France, Charles Perrault ranks 17. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Octave Mirbeau (1848), Émile Zola (1840), Stendhal (1783), Gustave Flaubert (1821), and Arthur Rimbaud (1854). After him are Romain Rolland (1866), Marquis de Sade (1740), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), George Sand (1804), André Gide (1869), and Nicolas Flamel (1330).
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 - 1986
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 11
Octave Mirbeau
1848 - 1917
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 12
Émile Zola
1840 - 1902
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 13
Stendhal
1783 - 1842
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 14
Gustave Flaubert
1821 - 1880
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 15
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 16
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 17
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 18
Marquis de Sade
1740 - 1814
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 19
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 - 1695
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 20
George Sand
1804 - 1876
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 21
André Gide
1869 - 1951
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 22
Nicolas Flamel
1330 - 1425
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 23
