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Denis Diderot

1713 - 1784

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Denis Diderot (; French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment. Diderot initially studied philosophy at a Jesuit college, then considered working in the church clergy before briefly studying law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Diderot has received more than 2,326,879 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Denis Diderot is the 40th most popular writer (up from 46th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from France (up from 36th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Writer.

Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He is most famous for his work as a philosopher.

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  • 90

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  • 14.11

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  • 3.19

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denis Diderot ranks 40 out of 5,755. Before him are Aeschylus, Oscar Wilde, George Orwell, Alexander Pushkin, Marcel Proust, and Hermann Hesse. After him are Friedrich Schiller, Lord Byron, Jane Austen, Aristophanes, Euripides, and Mark Twain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Denis Diderot ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand VI of Spain, Laurence Sterne, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Alexis Clairaut, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Junípero Serra, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and John Needham. Among people deceased in 1784, Denis Diderot ranks 1. After him are Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, Phillis Wheatley, Giovanni Battista Martini, Torbern Bergman, Junípero Serra, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, and Abraham Trembley.

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In France

Among people born in France, Denis Diderot ranks 35 out of 6,011. Before him are Paul Gauguin (1848), Édith Piaf (1915), Louis XV of France (1710), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Henry IV of France (1553), and Marcel Proust (1871). After him are Pierre Curie (1859), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Philip IV of France (1268), and Eugène Delacroix (1798).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Denis Diderot ranks 10. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Molière (1622), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Honoré de Balzac (1799), Alexandre Dumas (1802), and Marcel Proust (1871). After him are Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Octave Mirbeau (1848), Émile Zola (1840), Stendhal (1783), Gustave Flaubert (1821), and Arthur Rimbaud (1854).

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