1494 - 1553
François Rabelais (UK: RAB-ə-lay, US: -LAY, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁablɛ]; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both John Calvin and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Rabelais has received more than 1,388,347 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). François Rabelais is the 109th most popular writer (down from 89th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from France (down from 84th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Writer.
François Rabelais is most famous for his book Gargantua and Pantagruel.
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Among writers, François Rabelais ranks 109 out of 5,755. Before him are Erich Maria Remarque, Nicolas Flamel, Cato the Elder, Anatole France, Boris Pasternak, and Du Fu. After him are Samuel Beckett, Vladimir Nabokov, Federico García Lorca, Mary Shelley, François Villon, and Plautus.
1898 - 1970
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 103
1330 - 1425
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 104
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 105
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 106
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 107
712 - 770
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 108
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 109
1906 - 1989
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 110
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 111
1898 - 1936
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 112
1797 - 1851
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 113
1431 - 1463
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 114
254 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 115
Among people born in 1494, François Rabelais ranks 3. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent and Francis I of France. After him are Fuzûlî, Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Lucas van Leyden, William Tyndale, and Rosso Fiorentino. Among people deceased in 1553, François Rabelais ranks 3. Before him are Şehzade Mustafa and Edward VI of England. After him are Lucas Cranach the Elder, Şehzade Cihangir, Michael Servetus, Pedro de Valdivia, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Girolamo Fracastoro, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and Sinan Pasha.
1494 - 1566
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 1
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 2
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 3
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 4
1494 - 1555
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 6
1494 - 1557
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 7
1494 - 1568
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 8
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 9
1494 - 1533
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 10
1494 - 1536
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 11
1494 - 1540
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 12
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 1
1537 - 1553
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 2
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 3
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 4
1531 - 1553
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 5
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 6
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 7
1486 - 1553
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 8
1476 - 1553
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 9
1521 - 1553
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 10
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 11
1500 - 1553
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, François Rabelais ranks 119 out of 6,011. Before him are Philip II of France (1165), Anatole France (1844), Saint Sebastian (300), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Marcel Duchamp (1887), and Jacques Lacan (1901). After him are Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), and Henri Poincaré (1854).
1165 - 1223
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 113
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 114
300 - 287
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 115
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 116
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 117
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 118
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 119
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 120
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 121
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 122
1755 - 1824
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 123
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 124
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 125
Among writers born in France, François Rabelais ranks 25. Before him are Marquis de Sade (1740), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), George Sand (1804), André Gide (1869), Nicolas Flamel (1330), and Anatole France (1844). After him are François Villon (1431), Sully Prudhomme (1839), Paul Verlaine (1844), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Jean Cocteau (1889), and Guy de Maupassant (1850).
1740 - 1814
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 19
1621 - 1695
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 20
1804 - 1876
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 21
1869 - 1951
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 22
1330 - 1425
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 23
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 24
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 25
1431 - 1463
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 26
1839 - 1907
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 27
1844 - 1896
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 28
1824 - 1895
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 29
1889 - 1963
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 30
1850 - 1893
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 31