WRITER

François Cavanna

1923 - 2014

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François Cavanna (22 February 1923 – 29 January 2014) was a French author and satirical newspaper editor. Cavanna contributed to the creation and success of Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo. He wrote in a variety of genres including reportage, satire, essays, novels, autobiography and humor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Cavanna has received more than 109,139 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). François Cavanna is the 3,804th most popular writer (up from 4,145th in 2019), the 3,761st most popular biography from France (up from 3,807th in 2019) and the 477th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Cavanna ranks 3,804 out of 7,302. Before him are Kalhana, Stevan Sremac, Eric Ambler, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Teffi, and Kočo Racin. After him are Torgny Lindgren, Francis Scott Key, Gennadius of Massilia, Alexander Volkov, Jane Wilde, and Ramiro de Maeztu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, François Cavanna ranks 242. Before him are Og Mandino, Mrinal Sen, Mikhail Yegorov, Brendan Behan, Karl Vaino, and Gordon R. Dickson. After him are Netti Witziers-Timmer, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Giuseppe Rotunno, Morris Halle, Ioannis Grivas, and Eugene Sledge. Among people deceased in 2014, François Cavanna ranks 210. Before him are Rafael Addiego Bruno, Dave Legeno, José Emilio Pacheco, Simin Behbahani, Said Akl, and Ilija Pantelić. After him are René Burri, Saul Zaentz, Andrew V. McLaglen, Dennis Frederiksen, Sándor Rozsnyói, and Jadwiga Piłsudska.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Cavanna ranks 3,761 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Frot (1956), Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), Lucien Gaudin (1886), Louis Charles Delescluze (1809), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), and Lily Pons (1898). After him are Édouard Lartet (1801), Jean Mermoz (1901), Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778), George Cœdès (1886), Raimu (1883), and Frank Leboeuf (1968).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Cavanna ranks 477. Before him are Jules Janin (1804), Théophile Thoré-Bürger (1807), Henry Bataille (1872), Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Judith Gautier (1845), and Charles Simon Favart (1710). After him are Maurice Paléologue (1859), Maurice Schumann (1911), Paul Fort (1872), Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), Jean-Pierre Thiollet (1956), and Maria Deraismes (1828).

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