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Cyrano de Bergerac

1619 - 1655

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Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( SIRR-ə-noh də BUR-zhə-rak, – BAIR-, French: [savinjɛ̃ d(ə) siʁano d(ə) bɛʁʒəʁak]; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyrano de Bergerac has received more than 2,399,275 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Cyrano de Bergerac is the 164th most popular writer (up from 363rd in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from France (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Writer.

Cyrano de Bergerac is most famous for his nose, which is large and ugly. He is a soldier, poet, and philosopher.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cyrano de Bergerac ranks 164 out of 7,302. Before him are John the Evangelist, Terry Pratchett, Georges Simenon, Lucian, Heinrich Böll, and Menander. After him are Nicolas Flamel, Ivan Turgenev, H. G. Wells, Pindar, Yasunari Kawabata, and Orhan Pamuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Cyrano de Bergerac ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Jan van Riebeeck, Charles Le Brun, Hyojong of Joseon, Barbara Strozzi, Francesco Morosini, Philips Wouwerman, Willem Kalf, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and Anna Catherine Constance Vasa. Among people deceased in 1655, Cyrano de Bergerac ranks 2. Before him is Pope Innocent X. After him are Pierre Gassendi, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Eleonora Gonzaga, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, Janusz Radziwiłł, Cristóbal de Morales, Ukita Hideie, Eustache Le Sueur, Daniël Heinsius, and Francesco Molin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Cyrano de Bergerac ranks 194 out of 6,770. Before him are Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Saint Roch (1295), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), and Pope Benedict XII (1280). After him are Nicolas Flamel (1330), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Georges Cuvier (1769), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Erik Satie (1866), and Guy of Lusignan (1150).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Cyrano de Bergerac ranks 35. Before him are Paul Verlaine (1844), François Villon (1431), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Petronius (27), Jean Racine (1639), and Annie Ernaux (1940). After him are Nicolas Flamel (1330), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), André Breton (1896), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), and Maurice Leblanc (1864).

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