1916 - 2003
Françoise Giroud, born Lea France Gourdji (21 September 1916 in Lausanne, Switzerland and not in Geneva as often written – 19 January 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French journalist, screenwriter, writer, and politician. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Françoise Giroud has received more than 80,595 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Françoise Giroud is the 3,582nd most popular writer (down from 3,566th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 341st in 2019) and the 35th most popular Swiss Writer.
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Among writers, Françoise Giroud ranks 3,582 out of 5,755. Before her are Bernard Maris, Ahmad Javad, Galaktion Tabidze, Cesar Millan, Jafar Jabbarly, and Erik Gustaf Geijer. After her are Johann Heinrich Voss, Iain Banks, Wipo of Burgundy, Claude Bourgelat, Friederike Mayröcker, and Maurice de Guérin.
1946 - 2015
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,576
1892 - 1937
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,577
1891 - 1959
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,578
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,579
1899 - 1934
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,580
1783 - 1847
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,581
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,582
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,583
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,584
995 - 1048
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,585
1712 - 1779
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,586
1924 - 2021
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,587
1810 - 1839
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,588
Among people born in 1916, Françoise Giroud ranks 150. Before her are Dom Mintoff, Dorothy McGuire, Robert H. Dicke, Jacques Georges, Carlo Rustichelli, and Herbert Norkus. After her are José López Rega, Lars Korvald, Bernard Heuvelmans, Sudirman, Anne Hébert, and Evelyn Keyes. Among people deceased in 2003, Françoise Giroud ranks 171. Before her are Blaga Dimitrova, Jeanne Crain, Gregory Hines, Garrett Hardin, Bigode, and Henryk Jabłoński. After her are Isao Iwabuchi, Strom Thurmond, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Art Carney, and Timothy Treadwell.
1916 - 2012
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 144
1916 - 2001
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 145
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 146
1916 - 2004
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 147
1916 - 2004
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 148
1916 - 1932
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 149
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 150
1916 - 1989
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 151
1916 - 2006
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 152
1916 - 2001
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 153
1916 - 1950
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 154
1916 - 2000
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 155
1916 - 2008
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 156
1922 - 2003
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 165
1925 - 2003
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 166
1946 - 2003
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 167
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 168
1922 - 2003
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 169
1909 - 2003
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 170
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 171
1933 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 172
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 173
1921 - 2003
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 174
1907 - 2003
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 175
1918 - 2003
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 176
1957 - 2003
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 177
Among people born in Switzerland, Françoise Giroud ranks 354 out of 876. Before her are Roger Courtois (1912), James Pradier (1790), Adolf Meyer (1866), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Christian Gross (1954), and Claude Goretta (1929). After her are Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), Yann Sommer (1988), Peter Bichsel (1935), and Samuel Schmid (1947).
1912 - 1972
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 348
1790 - 1852
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 349
1866 - 1950
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 350
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 351
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 352
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 353
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 354
1585 - 1657
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 355
1854 - 1926
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 356
1899 - 1943
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 357
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 358
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 359
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 360
Among writers born in Switzerland, Françoise Giroud ranks 35. Before her are Edmond Privat (1889), Peter Bieri (1944), Ella Maillart (1903), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), and Fleur Jaeggy (1940). After her are Peter Bichsel (1935), Fernán Caballero (1796), Robert Pinget (1919), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Alain de Botton (1969), and Johann David Wyss (1743).
1889 - 1962
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 29
1944 - 2023
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 30
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 31
1500 - 1564
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 32
1925 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 33
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 34
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 35
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 36
1796 - 1877
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 37
1919 - 1997
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 38
1929 - 1998
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 39
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 40
1743 - 1818
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 41