1828 - 1885
Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 1828 – 16 January 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond François Valentin About has received more than 62,607 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Edmond François Valentin About is the 1,682nd most popular writer (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 1,917th most popular biography from France (down from 1,543rd in 2019) and the 238th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,682 out of 5,755. Before him are Acusilaus, Alexander Polyhistor, Marin Držić, Camilla Läckberg, Langston Hughes, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer. After him are José de Espronceda, Ibn al-Khatib, Dominique Venner, Juan Goytisolo, Augusto Roa Bastos, and Rodulfus Glaber.
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,676
100 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,677
1508 - 1567
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,678
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,679
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,680
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,681
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,682
1808 - 1842
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,683
1313 - 1374
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,684
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,685
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,686
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,687
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,688
Among people born in 1828, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 23. Before him are Joseph Swan, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Paul Gachet, Alexander Butlerov, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. After him are Iosif Gurko, Friedrich Albert Lange, Antoinette de Mérode, Dora d'Istria, Andrew Taylor Still, and Charles de Freycinet. Among people deceased in 1885, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 20. Before him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Moses Montefiore, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Ferdinand Hiller, and Zuo Zongtang. After him are Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Gustav Nachtigal, Louis Riel, Henri Tresca, and George B. McClellan.
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 17
1828 - 1885
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 18
1828 - 1909
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 19
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 20
1828 - 1875
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 21
1828 - 1897
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 22
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 23
1828 - 1901
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 24
1828 - 1875
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 25
1828 - 1864
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 26
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 27
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 28
1828 - 1923
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 29
1828 - 1885
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 14
1812 - 1885
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 15
1784 - 1885
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 16
1815 - 1885
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 17
1811 - 1885
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 18
1812 - 1885
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 19
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 20
1810 - 1885
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 21
1804 - 1885
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 22
1834 - 1885
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 23
1844 - 1885
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 24
1814 - 1885
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 25
1826 - 1885
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 26
Among people born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 1,917 out of 6,011. Before him are Florent Schmitt (1870), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Patrick Dewaere (1947), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), and Jacques Dutronc (1943). After him are Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Guy Hamilton (1922), Dominique Venner (1935), Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), and Rodulfus Glaber (985).
1870 - 1958
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,911
1705 - 1786
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,912
1571 - 1640
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,913
1947 - 1982
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,914
1867 - 1946
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,915
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,916
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,917
1767 - 1820
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,918
1922 - 2016
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,919
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,920
1578 - 1621
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,921
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,922
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,923
Among writers born in France, Edmond François Valentin About ranks 238. Before him are René Char (1907), Hincmar (806), Avitus of Vienne (450), Robert Brasillach (1909), Robert de Boron (1110), and Philippe de Commines (1447). After him are Dominique Venner (1935), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Henri de Régnier (1864), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), and Jules Romains (1885).
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 232
806 - 882
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 233
450 - 518
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 234
1909 - 1945
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 235
1110 - 1300
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 236
1447 - 1511
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 237
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 238
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 239
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 240
1864 - 1936
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 241
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 242
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 243
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 244