1791 - 1861
Augustin Eugène Scribe (French: [oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn skʁib]; 24 December 1791 – 20 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of many of the most successful grand operas and opéras-comiques. Born to a middle-class Parisian family, Scribe was intended for a legal career, but was drawn to the theatre, and began writing plays while still in his teens. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Scribe has received more than 134,585 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eugène Scribe is the 881st most popular writer (up from 916th in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from France (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 135th most popular French Writer.
Eugène Scribe was a French dramatist and librettist who is most famous for writing the libretto for "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro."
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Among writers, Eugène Scribe ranks 881 out of 5,755. Before him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Gaius Lucilius, Basava, Vicente Aleixandre, and Hans Sachs. After him are Thomas Malory, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Clifford D. Simak, Philostratus, Abraham Abulafia, and Wilkie Collins.
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 875
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 876
180 BC - 102 BC
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 877
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 878
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 879
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 880
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 881
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 882
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 883
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 884
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 885
1240 - 1292
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 886
1824 - 1889
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 887
Among people born in 1791, Eugène Scribe ranks 12. Before him are Carl Czerny, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, James Buchanan, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Bopp, and Francesco Hayez. After him are Franz Grillparzer, István Széchenyi, Minh Mạng, Friedrich Parrot, Félix Savart, and Johann Franz Encke. Among people deceased in 1861, Eugène Scribe ranks 12. Before him are Xianfeng Emperor, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pedro V of Portugal, Lola Montez, and Pavel Jozef Šafárik. After him are Elisha Otis, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Ranavalona I, Henri Murger, and Lars Levi Laestadius.
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 6
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 7
1791 - 1868
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 8
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 10
1791 - 1882
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 11
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 12
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 13
1791 - 1860
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 14
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 15
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 16
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 17
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 18
1831 - 1861
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 6
1779 - 1861
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 7
1786 - 1861
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 8
1837 - 1861
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 9
1821 - 1861
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 10
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 11
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 12
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 13
1797 - 1861
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 14
1770 - 1861
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 15
1788 - 1861
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 16
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 17
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 18
Among people born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 1,037 out of 6,011. Before him are Anne de Montmorency (1493), Lili Boulanger (1893), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Émile Gallé (1846), Robert de Sorbon (1201), and Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800). After him are Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), Séraphine Louis (1864), Christian Clavier (1952), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Jean Vigo (1905), and Jacques Clément (1567).
1493 - 1567
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 1,031
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 1,032
1630 - 1676
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 1,033
1846 - 1904
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 1,034
1201 - 1274
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 1,035
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 1,036
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,037
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 1,038
1864 - 1942
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 1,039
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 1,040
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 1,041
1905 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 1,042
1567 - 1589
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 1,043
Among writers born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 135. Before him are Theodore Beza (1519), Annie Ernaux (1940), Antoine Galland (1646), Maurice Denis (1870), Éric Zemmour (1958), and Jean de Joinville (1224). After him are Jacques Clément (1567), Bertran de Born (1140), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Charles Maurras (1868), Madame de La Fayette (1634), and Georges Bernanos (1888).
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 129
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 130
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 131
1870 - 1943
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 132
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 133
1224 - 1317
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 134
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 135
1567 - 1589
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 136
1140 - 1215
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 137
1645 - 1696
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 138
1868 - 1952
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 139
1634 - 1693
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 140
1888 - 1948
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 141