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Gérard de Villiers

1929 - 2013

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Gérard de Villiers (French: [ʒeʁaʁ də vilje]; 8 December 1929 – 31 October 2013) was a French writer, journalist and publisher whose SAS series of spy novels have been major bestsellers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard de Villiers has received more than 97,035 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gérard de Villiers is the 2,884th most popular writer (down from 2,651st in 2019), the 3,023rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,743rd in 2019) and the 375th most popular French Writer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gérard de Villiers ranks 2,884 out of 5,755. Before him are Edmond Privat, Valentin Rasputin, Guido Gezelle, Yakov Perelman, Elizabeth von Arnim, and Uwe Johnson. After him are Vicente Huidobro, Jan Luyken, August Šenoa, Cornelius Ryan, Saken Seifullin, and Leandro Fernández de Moratín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Gérard de Villiers ranks 206. Before him are Antonietta Stella, Ronald Golias, Péter Palotás, François Cheng, Mariama Bâ, and Roger Bannister. After him are Liz Sheridan, Leila Abashidze, Albert Azaryan, Kishore Kumar, Horst Frank, and Adrienne Rich. Among people deceased in 2013, Gérard de Villiers ranks 178. Before him are Scott Carpenter, Henrique Rosa, Jim Hall, Radu Vasile, Carlo Lizzani, and Eileen Brennan. After him are Richie Havens, Ray Dolby, Pál Csernai, Saye Zerbo, Aleksei Yuryevich German, and Jeff Hanneman.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard de Villiers ranks 3,023 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944), E. D. Morel (1873), Pierre Omidyar (1967), Irène Jacob (1966), Zacharie Astruc (1833), and Emma Calvé (1858). After him are Hugo Lloris (1986), Michel Lotito (1950), Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Pierre Gringore (1475), and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gérard de Villiers ranks 375. Before him are Valery Larbaud (1881), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Jacques Delille (1738), Claude Farrère (1876), Hervé Bazin (1911), and Édouard Chavannes (1865). After him are Pierre Gringore (1475), Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), Catulle Mendès (1841), Bernard Werber (1961), Henri Meilhac (1831), and Jean-François Regnard (1655).

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