1135 - 1185
Chrétien de Troyes (Modern French: [kʁetjɛ̃ də tʁwa]; Old French: Crestien de Troies [kresˈtjẽn də ˈtrojəs]; fl. c. 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval and the Holy Grail. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chrétien de Troyes has received more than 618,440 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Chrétien de Troyes is the 268th most popular writer (up from 284th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from France (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Writer.
Chrétien de Troyes is most famous for writing the first Arthurian romance, "Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart."
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Among writers, Chrétien de Troyes ranks 268 out of 5,755. Before him are Jaroslav Hašek, Alfonso X of Castile, Henry Miller, Carlo Goldoni, William Golding, and Jordanes. After him are Valmiki, Shams Tabrizi, Françoise Sagan, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Carl Spitteler, and Guillaume de Machaut.
1883 - 1923
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 262
1221 - 1284
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 263
1891 - 1980
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 264
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 265
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 266
600 - 600
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 267
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 268
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 269
1185 - 1248
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 270
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 271
1792 - 1822
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 272
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 273
1300 - 1377
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 274
Among people born in 1135, Chrétien de Troyes ranks 1. After him are Léonin, Joachim of Fiore, Bernart de Ventadorn, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Inge I of Norway, Walter of Châtillon, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Judith of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and William I, Count of Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1185, Chrétien de Troyes ranks 4. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Pope Lucius III, and Afonso I of Portugal. After him are Bhāskara II, Andronikos I Komnenos, Ibn Tufail, Emperor Antoku, Agnes of Courtenay, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, John Kinnamos, and Beatrice of Rethel.
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 1
1135 - 1201
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 2
1135 - 1202
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 3
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 4
1135 - 1200
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5
1135 - 1161
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 6
1135 - 1201
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 7
1135 - 1213
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 8
1135 - 1174
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9
1135 - 1190
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 10
1135 - 1159
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 11
1161 - 1185
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 1
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 2
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 3
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 5
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 6
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 7
1178 - 1185
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 8
1133 - 1185
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 9
1140 - 1185
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 10
1143 - 1185
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 11
1130 - 1185
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Chrétien de Troyes ranks 312 out of 6,011. Before him are Bernard Arnault (1949), Georges de La Tour (1593), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Édouard Daladier (1884), Frédéric Passy (1822), and Isabella of France (1295). After him are Fernand Braudel (1902), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Françoise Sagan (1935), and Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805).
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 306
1593 - 1652
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 307
1929 - 2007
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 308
1884 - 1970
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 309
1822 - 1912
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 310
1295 - 1358
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 311
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 312
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 313
1123 - 1187
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 314
1748 - 1836
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 315
1908 - 2004
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 316
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 317
1805 - 1894
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 318
Among writers born in France, Chrétien de Troyes ranks 45. Before him are Pierre Corneille (1606), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Germaine de Staël (1766), and Frédéric Mistral (1830). After him are Françoise Sagan (1935), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Paul Valéry (1871), Antonin Artaud (1896), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), and Marguerite de Navarre (1492).
1606 - 1684
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 39
1864 - 1941
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 40
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 41
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 42
1766 - 1817
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 43
1830 - 1914
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 44
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 45
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 46
1300 - 1377
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 47
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 48
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 49
1749 - 1791
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 50
1492 - 1549
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 51