1941 - 2019
François Weyergans (French: [vɛjɛʁɡɑ̃s]; 2 August 1941 – 27 May 2019) was a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Weyergans has received more than 35,804 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. François Weyergans is the 4,903rd most popular writer (down from 4,319th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 541st in 2019) and the 40th most popular Belgian Writer.
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Among writers, François Weyergans ranks 4,903 out of 5,755. Before him are Christian Matras, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Tom Peters, Ted Chiang, Henriette Roland Holst, and Edward Rutherfurd. After him are Frano Selak, Lester del Rey, Ring Lardner, Eoin Colfer, Joel Chandler Harris, and Francis de Miomandre.
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,897
1842 - 1902
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,898
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,899
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,900
1869 - 1952
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,901
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,902
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,903
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,904
1915 - 1993
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 4,905
1885 - 1933
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,906
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,907
1848 - 1908
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,908
1880 - 1959
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,909
Among people born in 1941, François Weyergans ranks 406. Before him are Walter Block, Aminata Sow Fall, James Joseph Dresnok, John Nicholson, Paddy Ashdown, and Kaija Mustonen. After him are Bas van Fraassen, Jackie DeShannon, Anandiben Patel, Nikolai Gubenko, Beatrice Tinsley, and Peter Ducke. Among people deceased in 2019, François Weyergans ranks 334. Before him are Göran Malmqvist, Ken Kavanagh, Stoyanka Mutafova, Carolee Schneemann, Günter Kunert, and Gianni De Michelis. After him are Martin Lauer, José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Miguel León-Portilla, Imata Kabua, Halvard Hanevold, and Hubert Hahne.
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 400
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 401
1941 - 2016
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 402
1941 - 2017
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 403
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 404
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 405
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 406
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 407
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 408
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 409
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 410
1941 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 411
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 412
1924 - 2019
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 328
1923 - 2019
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 329
1922 - 2019
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 330
1939 - 2019
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 331
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 332
1940 - 2019
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 333
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 334
1937 - 2019
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 335
1926 - 2019
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 336
1926 - 2019
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 337
1943 - 2019
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 338
1969 - 2019
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 339
1935 - 2019
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 340
Among people born in Belgium, François Weyergans ranks 607 out of 1,019. Before him are Hadise (1985), Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Théo Lefèvre (1914), Toby Alderweireld (1989), Alain de Changy (1922), and Jean-Michel Saive (1969). After him are Philippe Clement (1974), Frank De Winne (1961), Michy Batshuayi (1993), Tom Boonen (1980), Simon Mignolet (1988), and Frank Brangwyn (1867).
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 601
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 602
1914 - 1973
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 603
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 604
1922 - 1994
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 605
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 606
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 607
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 608
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 609
1993 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 610
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 611
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 612
1867 - 1956
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 613
Among writers born in Belgium, François Weyergans ranks 40. Before him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan van Beers (1821), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), and Jacob van Maerlant (1235). After him are Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Herman Teirlinck (1879), Axel Merckx (1972), and Tom Lanoye (1958).
1871 - 1969
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 34
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 35
1821 - 1888
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 36
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 37
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 38
1235 - 1300
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 39
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 40
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 41
1878 - 1929
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 42
1793 - 1846
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 43
1879 - 1967
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 44
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 45
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 46