1618 - 1678
François Pierre de la Varenne (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa pjɛʁ də la vaʁɛn], 1615–1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Pierre La Varenne has received more than 139,283 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). François Pierre La Varenne is the 1,693rd most popular writer (up from 1,847th in 2019), the 1,926th most popular biography from France (up from 2,039th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 1,693 out of 5,755. Before him are Augusto Roa Bastos, Rodulfus Glaber, Minamoto no Sanetomo, Henri de Régnier, Ödön von Horváth, and Branko Ćopić. After him are Julius Firmicus Maternus, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Manuel Puig, John Gay, Adamantios Korais, and Voltairine de Cleyre.
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,687
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,688
1192 - 1219
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,689
1864 - 1936
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,690
1901 - 1938
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,691
1915 - 1984
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,692
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,693
400 - 400
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,694
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,695
1932 - 1990
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,696
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,697
1748 - 1833
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,698
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,699
Among people born in 1618, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 6. Before him are Aurangzeb, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Hishikawa Moronobu. After him are François Blondel, Jan Dirksz Both, Juraj Križanić, Peter Lely, Michiel Sweerts, and Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy. Among people deceased in 1678, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 6. Before him are Jacob Jordaens, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Wu Sangui, Anna Maria van Schurman, and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten. After him are Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karel Dujardin, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Antoine III de Gramont, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, and Caesar van Everdingen.
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 1
1618 - 1663
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 2
1618 - 1680
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 3
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 4
1618 - 1694
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6
1618 - 1686
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 7
1618 - 1652
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 8
1618 - 1683
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 9
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 10
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 11
1618 - 1693
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 12
1593 - 1678
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1
1601 - 1678
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 2
1612 - 1678
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 3
1607 - 1678
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4
1627 - 1678
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 5
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6
1630 - 1678
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 7
1622 - 1678
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 8
1639 - 1678
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 9
1604 - 1678
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 10
1606 - 1678
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 11
1616 - 1678
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 1,926 out of 6,011. Before him are Dominique Venner (1935), Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Henri de Régnier (1864), and Franck Pourcel (1913). After him are Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), Aimable Pélissier (1794), Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), and René-Louis Baire (1874).
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,920
1578 - 1621
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,921
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,922
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,923
1864 - 1936
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,924
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,925
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,926
1489 - 1525
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,927
1915 - 2000
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,928
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,929
1794 - 1864
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,930
1767 - 1855
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,931
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,932
Among writers born in France, François Pierre La Varenne ranks 242. Before him are Robert de Boron (1110), Philippe de Commines (1447), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Dominique Venner (1935), Rodulfus Glaber (985), and Henri de Régnier (1864). After him are Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Jules Romains (1885), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Pierre Plantard (1920), Pierre Reverdy (1889), and Marcel Schwob (1867).
1110 - 1300
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 236
1447 - 1511
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 237
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 238
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 239
985 - 1047
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 240
1864 - 1936
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 241
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 242
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 243
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 244
1764 - 1822
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 245
1920 - 2000
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 246
1889 - 1960
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 247
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 248