1613 - 1680
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense literary œuvre published. His Maximes portrays the callous nature of human conduct, with a cynical attitude towards putative virtue and avowals of affection, friendship, love, and loyalty. Leonard Tancock regards Maximes as "one of the most deeply felt, most intensely lived texts in French literature", with his "experience, his likes and dislikes, sufferings and petty spites ... Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François de La Rochefoucauld has received more than 34,497 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). François de La Rochefoucauld is the 235th most popular writer (down from 212th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from France (down from 246th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Writer.
François de la Rochefoucauld is most famous for his maxims on human nature.
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Among writers, François de La Rochefoucauld ranks 235 out of 5,755. Before him are Al-Masudi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Lu Xun, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Anna Wintour. After him are Anna Akhmatova, Philip K. Dick, Coen brothers, Torquato Tasso, Doris Lessing, and Nelly Sachs.
896 - 956
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 229
1803 - 1882
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 230
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 231
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
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1759 - 1797
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 233
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 234
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 235
1889 - 1966
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 236
1928 - 1982
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 237
HPI: 71.35
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1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 239
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 240
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 241
Among people born in 1613, François de La Rochefoucauld ranks 1. After him are André Le Nôtre, Gerrit Dou, Claude Perrault, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Mattia Preti, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Luisa de Guzmán, and Khushal Khattak. Among people deceased in 1680, François de La Rochefoucauld ranks 3. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Shivaji. After him are Athanasius Kircher, Nicolas Fouquet, Jan Swammerdam, Raimondo Montecuccoli, La Voisin, Willem Claesz. Heda, Ivan Sirko, Ferdinand Bol, and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine.
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 1
1613 - 1700
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 2
1613 - 1675
HPI: 62.92
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1613 - 1688
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1613 - 1676
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 5
1613 - 1680
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 6
1613 - 1670
HPI: 57.30
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1613 - 1699
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 8
1613 - 1696
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 9
1613 - 1679
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 10
1613 - 1666
HPI: 55.27
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1613 - 1689
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 12
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.97
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1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
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1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
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1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
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1615 - 1680
HPI: 65.24
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1637 - 1680
HPI: 62.70
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1609 - 1680
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1640 - 1680
HPI: 62.39
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1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
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1610 - 1680
HPI: 60.67
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1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 11
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, François de La Rochefoucauld ranks 271 out of 6,011. Before him are Josquin des Prez (1450), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Jules Massenet (1842), and Désirée Clary (1777). After him are Camille Claudel (1864), John the Fearless (1371), Jean Gabin (1904), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Gabriel Fauré (1845), and Henry I of France (1008).
1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
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1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
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1864 - 1941
HPI: 71.58
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1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 268
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 269
1777 - 1860
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 270
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 271
1864 - 1943
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 272
1371 - 1419
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 273
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 274
1640 - 1707
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 275
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 276
1008 - 1060
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 277
Among writers born in France, François de La Rochefoucauld ranks 42. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Colette (1873), Pierre Corneille (1606), Maurice Leblanc (1864), and Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894). After him are Germaine de Staël (1766), Frédéric Mistral (1830), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise Sagan (1935), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), and Paul Valéry (1871).
1768 - 1848
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 36
1842 - 1898
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 37
1873 - 1954
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 38
1606 - 1684
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 39
1864 - 1941
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 40
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 41
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 42
1766 - 1817
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 43
1830 - 1914
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 44
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 45
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 46
1300 - 1377
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 47
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 48