1661 - 1741
Charles Rollin (30 January 1661 in Paris - 14 December 1741 in Paris) was a French historian and educator, whose popularity in his time combined with becoming forgotten by later generations makes him an epithet, applied to historians such as Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Rollin has received more than 43,558 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Rollin is the 240th most popular historian (down from 177th in 2019), the 3,133rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,687th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Historian.
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Among historians, Charles Rollin ranks 240 out of 339. Before him are John King Fairbank, Albert Soboul, Zeev Sternhell, Ibn Hayyan, Philipp Spitta, and Karl Otfried Müller. After him are Gustave Schlumberger, Jean Delumeau, Wilhelm von Bode, Stéphane Courtois, John Foxe, and Tony Judt.
1907 - 1991
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 234
1914 - 1982
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 235
1935 - 2020
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 236
987 - 1076
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 237
1841 - 1894
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 238
1797 - 1840
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 239
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 240
1844 - 1929
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 241
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 242
1845 - 1929
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 243
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 244
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 245
1948 - 2010
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 246
Among people born in 1661, Charles Rollin ranks 18. Before him are Jahandar Shah, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Vladimir Atlasov, Antoine Coypel, Giacomo Antonio Perti, and Fyodor Apraksin. After him are Georg Joseph Kamel, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Daniel Marot, and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Among people deceased in 1741, Charles Rollin ranks 17. Before him are Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Blas de Lezo, Alvise Pisani, Georg Rafael Donner, and Bernard de Montfaucon. After him are Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Johann Amman, and Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg.
1661 - 1713
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 12
1661 - 1705
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 13
1661 - 1711
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 14
1661 - 1722
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 15
1661 - 1756
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 16
1661 - 1728
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 17
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 18
1661 - 1706
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 19
1661 - 1706
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 20
1661 - 1752
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 21
1661 - 1736
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 22
1690 - 1741
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 11
1673 - 1741
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 12
1689 - 1741
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 13
1664 - 1741
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 14
1693 - 1741
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 15
1655 - 1741
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 16
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 17
1691 - 1741
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 18
1707 - 1741
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 19
1714 - 1741
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 20
Among people born in France, Charles Rollin ranks 3,133 out of 6,011. Before him are Mathieu Valbuena (1984), Jean-François Revel (1924), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Pierre Souvestre (1874), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), and Orlan (1947). After him are Matthias de l'Obel (1538), Flodoard (894), Pierre Veyron (1903), Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755), David Belle (1973), and Christian Metz (1931).
1984 - Present
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,127
1924 - 2006
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,128
1811 - 1868
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,129
1874 - 1914
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,130
1010 - 1047
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,131
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,132
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,133
1538 - 1616
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,134
894 - 966
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,135
1903 - 1970
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,136
1755 - 1794
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,137
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 3,138
1931 - 1993
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 3,139
Among historians born in France, Charles Rollin ranks 33. Before him are Henri Maspero (1883), Claude Cahen (1909), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Paul Veyne (1930), and Marc Ferro (1924). After him are Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean Delumeau (1923), Stéphane Courtois (1947), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Émile Mâle (1862), and George Cœdès (1886).
1883 - 1945
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 27
1909 - 1991
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 28
1874 - 1959
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 29
1721 - 1800
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 30
1930 - 2022
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 31
1924 - 2021
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 32
1661 - 1741
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 33
1844 - 1929
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 34
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 35
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 36
1930 - 2006
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 37
1862 - 1954
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 38
1886 - 1969
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 39