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Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
Eugène François Vidocq
Eugène-François Vidocq (French: [øʒɛn fʁɑ̃nswa vidɔk]; 24 July 1775 – 11 May 1857) was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. He was the founder and first director of France's first criminal investigative agency, the Sûreté Nationale, as well as the head of the first known private detective agency. Vidocq is considered to be the father of modern criminology and of the French national police force. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène François Vidocq has received more than 792,193 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène François Vidocq is the 2nd most popular inspiration, the 396th most popular biography from France (down from 327th in 2019) and the most popular French Inspiration.
Eugène François Vidocq is most famous for founding the first detective agency in France.
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Among INSPIRATIONS
Among inspirations, Eugène François Vidocq ranks 2 out of 7. Before him are Vlad the Impaler. After him are Johann Georg Faust, Alice Liddell, Joseph Bell, Andrew Wakefield, Jack LaLanne, and George Floyd.
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Vlad the Impaler
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 1
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 2
Johann Georg Faust
1480 - 1541
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 3
Alice Liddell
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 4
Joseph Bell
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5
Andrew Wakefield
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
Jack LaLanne
1914 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 7
George Floyd
1973 - 2020
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 8
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1775, Eugène François Vidocq ranks 6. Before him are Jane Austen, André-Marie Ampère, J. M. W. Turner, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, and Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême. After him are Lucien Bonaparte, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Ching Shih, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Georg Friedrich Grotefend. Among people deceased in 1857, Eugène François Vidocq ranks 5. Before him are Auguste Comte, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Carl Czerny, and Archduchess Sophie of Austria. After him are Mikhail Glinka, Dominic Savio, Alfred de Musset, Eugène Sue, Francis Beaufort, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.
Others Born in 1775
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Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 81.26
Rank: 1
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 2
J. M. W. Turner
1775 - 1851
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 3
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
1775 - 1854
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 4
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
1775 - 1844
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 5
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 6
Lucien Bonaparte
1775 - 1840
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 7
Bahadur Shah Zafar
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 8
Ching Shih
1775 - 1844
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 9
Carlota Joaquina of Spain
1775 - 1830
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 10
Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 11
Georg Friedrich Grotefend
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1857
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Auguste Comte
1798 - 1857
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 1
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 - 1857
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 2
Carl Czerny
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 3
Archduchess Sophie of Austria
1855 - 1857
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 4
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 5
Mikhail Glinka
1804 - 1857
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 6
Dominic Savio
1842 - 1857
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 7
Alfred de Musset
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 8
Eugène Sue
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 9
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 10
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
1803 - 1857
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
1788 - 1857
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Eugène François Vidocq ranks 396 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Ernest Renan (1823), Stephen, King of England (1095), Claude Bernard (1813), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), and Pierre Bayle (1647). After him are Paul Éluard (1895), Gaspard Monge (1746), Anouk Aimée (1932), Allan Kardec (1804), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), and Jacques Prévert (1900).
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Louis-Nicolas Davout
1770 - 1823
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 390
Ernest Renan
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 391
Stephen, King of England
1095 - 1154
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 392
Claude Bernard
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 393
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 394
Pierre Bayle
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 395
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 396
Paul Éluard
1895 - 1952
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 397
Gaspard Monge
1746 - 1818
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 398
Anouk Aimée
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 399
Allan Kardec
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 400
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
1045 - 1105
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 401
Jacques Prévert
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 402
Among INSPIRATIONS In France
Among inspirations born in France, Eugène François Vidocq ranks 1.
