1726 - 1795
François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique. He is widely regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Échecs was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-André Danican Philidor has received more than 267,381 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. François-André Danican Philidor is the 14th most popular chess player (down from 13th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from France (down from 674th in 2019) and the most popular French Chess Player.
François-André Danican Philidor was a chess player and composer of chess problems. He is most famous for the chess opening named after him, the Philidor Defense.
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Among chess players, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 14 out of 374. Before him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Nona Gaprindashvili, Max Euwe, Tigran Petrosian, Garry Kasparov, and Anatoly Karpov. After him are Paul Morphy, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, and Viktor Korchnoi.
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 13
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 14
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 15
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 18
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1726, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 1. After him are James Hutton, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Gerard Majella, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jacob Frank, Prince Henry of Prussia, Princess Louise of Denmark, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este. Among people deceased in 1795, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 4. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Alessandro Cagliostro, and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. After him are Sayat-Nova, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Georg Benda, Carl Michael Bellman, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Samuel Wallis, Ahilyabai Holkar, and Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria.
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2
1726 - 1746
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 3
1726 - 1796
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 4
1726 - 1755
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 5
1726 - 1781
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 6
1726 - 1791
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 7
1726 - 1802
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 8
1726 - 1756
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 9
1726 - 1759
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 10
1726 - 1801
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 11
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 12
1785 - 1795
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 1
1743 - 1795
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 2
1732 - 1795
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 3
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 4
1712 - 1795
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 5
1746 - 1795
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 6
1722 - 1795
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 7
1740 - 1795
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 8
1720 - 1795
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 9
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 10
1725 - 1795
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 11
1772 - 1795
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 689 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Nicole Oresme (1323), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), and Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963). After him are Mary of Guise (1515), André the Giant (1946), Bernard Gui (1261), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), and Roger Garaudy (1913).
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 683
1753 - 1800
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 684
1323 - 1382
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 685
1615 - 1680
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 686
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 687
963 - 1026
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 688
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 689
1515 - 1560
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 690
1946 - 1993
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 691
1261 - 1331
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 692
1646 - 1708
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 693
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 694
1913 - 2012
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 695
Among chess players born in France, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 1. After him are Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pal Benko (1928), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Laurent Fressinet (1981), Étienne Bacrot (1983), and Marie Sebag (1986).
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3
1800 - 1872
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4
1919 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 5
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 31.24
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.91
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.01
Rank: 9