1200 - 1238
Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200 – c. 1240) was a French scholar and poet from Lorris. He was the author of the first section of the Roman de la Rose. Little is known about him, other than that he wrote the earlier section of the poem around 1230, and that the work was completed forty years later by Jean de Meun. He is only known by mention of Jean de Meun, (de Meung in French), in Roman de la Rose.de Lorris' poem was translated into Middle English verse by Chaucer, and into Modern English verse by F. S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillaume de Lorris has received more than 57,709 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Guillaume de Lorris is the 1,715th most popular writer (up from 1,751st in 2019), the 1,945th most popular biography from France (down from 1,923rd in 2019) and the 243rd most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 1,715 out of 5,755. Before him are Philemon, Attila József, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Jordan of Saxony, Vasily Shukshin, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. After him are Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Clark Ashton Smith, Hannah Szenes, Symeon the Metaphrast, Jules Romains, and José Carlos Mariátegui.
362 BC - 262 BC
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,709
1905 - 1937
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,710
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,711
1190 - 1237
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,712
1929 - 1974
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,713
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,714
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,715
1876 - 1938
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,716
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,717
1921 - 1944
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,718
900 - 987
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,719
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,720
1894 - 1930
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,721
Among people born in 1200, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 24. Before him are Peire de Montagut, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Gilbert Horal, Hadewijch, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, and Michael I Komnenos Doukas. After him are Anonymus, Pierre Basile, Richard de Bures, Guillaume de Sonnac, Liang Kai, and Suleiman II. Among people deceased in 1238, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 4. Before him are Al-Kamil, Henry the Bearded, and Yuri II of Vladimir. After him are John I of Trebizond and Joan of England, Queen of Scotland.
1200 - 1232
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 18
1200 - 1227
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 19
1200 - 1200
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 20
1200 - 1260
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 21
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 22
1200 - 1215
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 23
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 24
1200 - 1300
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 25
1200 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 26
1200 - 1247
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 27
1200 - 1250
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 28
1200 - 1300
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 29
1200 - 1204
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 30
1177 - 1238
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1
1163 - 1238
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 2
1188 - 1238
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 3
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 4
1215 - 1238
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 5
1210 - 1238
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 6
Among people born in France, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 1,945 out of 6,011. Before him are Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais (1428), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), Jean Castex (1965), Roland Bonaparte (1858), Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747), and Joseph Bertrand (1822). After him are Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1648), Sacha Distel (1933), Jules Romains (1885), Jacques Cathelineau (1759), and Tony Garnier (1869).
1428 - 1446
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,939
1942 - 2023
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,940
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,941
1858 - 1924
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,942
1747 - 1768
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,943
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,944
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,945
1700 - 1770
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,946
1648 - 1664
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,947
1933 - 2004
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,948
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,949
1759 - 1793
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,950
1869 - 1948
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,951
Among writers born in France, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 243. Before him are Philippe de Commines (1447), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Dominique Venner (1935), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Henri de Régnier (1864), and François Pierre La Varenne (1618). After him are Jules Romains (1885), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Pierre Plantard (1920), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Marcel Schwob (1867), and Christian Jacq (1947).
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
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 249