1868 - 1918
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (UK: , US: , French: [ɛdmɔ̃ ʁɔstɑ̃]; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond Rostand has received more than 503,396 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Edmond Rostand is the 640th most popular writer (down from 608th in 2019), the 754th most popular biography from France (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular French Writer.
Edmond Rostand is most famous for writing Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Among writers, Edmond Rostand ranks 640 out of 5,755. Before him are Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Vasubandhu, Poliziano, Carlo Gozzi, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Curzio Malaparte. After him are Leo Africanus, Stieg Larsson, Luqman, Verner von Heidenstam, Amin Maalouf, and Thomas Harris.
1883 - 1945
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 634
400 - 400
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 635
1454 - 1494
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 636
1720 - 1806
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 637
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 638
1898 - 1957
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 639
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 640
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 641
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 642
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 643
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 644
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 645
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 646
Among people born in 1868, Edmond Rostand ranks 27. Before him are Theodore William Richards, Dietrich Eckart, Gustav Meyrink, Vittorio Monti, Felix Hoffmann, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt. After him are Scott Joplin, August Horch, Huo Yuanjia, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, and Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild. Among people deceased in 1918, Edmond Rostand ranks 30. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, César Cui, Lavr Kornilov, Niko Pirosmani, Ferdinand Hodler, and Fanny Kaplan. After him are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Frederick Trump, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Arrigo Boito, Hermann Cohen, and Frank Wedekind.
1868 - 1928
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 21
1868 - 1923
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 22
1868 - 1932
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 23
1868 - 1922
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 24
1868 - 1946
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 25
1868 - 1921
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 26
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 27
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 28
1868 - 1951
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 29
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 30
1868 - 1928
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 31
1868 - 1940
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 32
1868 - 1937
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 33
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 25
1870 - 1918
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 26
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 27
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 28
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 30
1845 - 1918
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 31
1869 - 1918
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 32
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 33
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 34
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 35
1864 - 1918
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 36
Among people born in France, Edmond Rostand ranks 754 out of 6,011. Before him are Margaret of Provence (1221), Vincent Auriol (1884), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Françoise Hardy (1944), Bourvil (1917), and Sophie of France (1786). After him are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Hubert de Givenchy (1927), Philippe Petit (1949), Georges Rouault (1871), Robert Hossein (1927), and Louis, Prince of Condé (1530).
1221 - 1295
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 748
1884 - 1966
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 749
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 750
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 751
1917 - 1970
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 752
1786 - 1787
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 753
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 754
1567 - 1635
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 755
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 756
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 757
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 758
1927 - 2020
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 759
1530 - 1569
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 760
Among writers born in France, Edmond Rostand ranks 103. Before him are Bernard Gui (1261), Ausonius (310), Eugène Sue (1804), Pierre Loti (1850), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), and Maurice Blanchot (1907). After him are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Frontinus (30), Georges Perec (1936), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Raymond Queneau (1903), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135).
1261 - 1331
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 97
310 - 395
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 98
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 99
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 100
1741 - 1803
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 101
1907 - 2003
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 102
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 103
1755 - 1826
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 104
30 - 103
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 105
1936 - 1982
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 106
1797 - 1863
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 107
1903 - 1976
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 108
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 109