LAWYER
Henri La Fontaine
1854 - 1943
Henri La Fontaine
Henri La Fontaine (French pronunciation: [lafɔ̃ˈtɛn]; 22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943), was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri La Fontaine has received more than 150,704 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Henri La Fontaine is the 8th most popular lawyer (up from 9th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Lawyer.
Henri la fontaine is most famous for being the president of the United Nations General Assembly in 1946.
Memorability Metrics
150k
Page Views (PV)
69.18
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
56
Languages Editions (L)
19.97
Effective Languages (L*)
2.07
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Henri La Fontaines by language
Over the past year Henri La Fontaine has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 13,334 views, followed by French (7,203), and Spanish (3,380). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (89.77%), Uzbek (74.59%), and Indonesian (69.20%)
Among LAWYERS
Among lawyers, Henri La Fontaine ranks 8 out of 136. Before him are Hugo Grotius, Carlo Buonaparte, Charles Albert Gobat, Ulpian, Louis Renault, and J. Edgar Hoover. After him are Gaius, Al-Nawawi, Aemilius Papinianus, Tobias Asser, Rudolf von Jhering, and Leo Frank.
Most Popular Lawyers in Wikipedia
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Hugo Grotius
1583 - 1645
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 2
Carlo Buonaparte
1746 - 1785
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 3
Charles Albert Gobat
1843 - 1914
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 4
Ulpian
170 - 228
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 5
Louis Renault
1843 - 1918
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 6
J. Edgar Hoover
1895 - 1972
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 7
Henri La Fontaine
1854 - 1943
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 8
Gaius
120 - 180
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 9
Al-Nawawi
1233 - 1278
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 10
Aemilius Papinianus
142 - 211
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 11
Tobias Asser
1838 - 1913
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 12
Rudolf von Jhering
1818 - 1892
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 13
Leo Frank
1884 - 1915
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 14
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1854, Henri La Fontaine ranks 9. Before him are Pope Benedict XV, Henri Poincaré, Leoš Janáček, Emil von Behring, Paul Ehrlich, and Karl Kautsky. After him are James George Frazer, Paul Sabatier, Milan I of Serbia, Georges Picquart, George Eastman, and Albert Edelfelt. Among people deceased in 1943, Henri La Fontaine ranks 13. Before him are Karl Landsteiner, Camille Claudel, Henrik Pontoppidan, Boris III of Bulgaria, Theodor Eicke, and Sophie Scholl. After him are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Chaim Soutine, Władysław Sikorski, Alexandre Millerand, Nikolai Vavilov, and Max Wertheimer.
Others Born in 1854
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Pope Benedict XV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1854 - 1922
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 3
Henri Poincaré
MATHEMATICIAN
1854 - 1912
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 4
Leoš Janáček
COMPOSER
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 5
Emil von Behring
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1917
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 6
Paul Ehrlich
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 7
Karl Kautsky
PHILOSOPHER
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 8
Henri La Fontaine
LAWYER
1854 - 1943
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 9
James George Frazer
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 10
Paul Sabatier
CHEMIST
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 11
Milan I of Serbia
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 12
Georges Picquart
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1854 - 1914
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 13
George Eastman
INVENTOR
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 14
Albert Edelfelt
PAINTER
1854 - 1905
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 15
Others Deceased in 1943
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Karl Landsteiner
BIOLOGIST
1868 - 1943
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 7
Camille Claudel
SCULPTOR
1864 - 1943
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 8
Henrik Pontoppidan
WRITER
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 9
Boris III of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1943
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 10
Theodor Eicke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 11
Sophie Scholl
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1921 - 1943
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 12
Henri La Fontaine
LAWYER
1854 - 1943
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 13
Yakov Dzhugashvili
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1907 - 1943
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 14
Chaim Soutine
PAINTER
1893 - 1943
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 15
Władysław Sikorski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1943
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 16
Alexandre Millerand
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1943
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 17
Nikolai Vavilov
BIOLOGIST
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 18
Max Wertheimer
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1943
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 19
In Belgium
Among people born in Belgium, Henri La Fontaine ranks 46 out of 1,190. Before him are Pepin of Herstal (635), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Hergé (1907), Victor Horta (1861), Henry van de Velde (1863), and Marguerite Yourcenar (1903). After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jules Bordet (1870), Simon Stevin (1548), Margaret of Parma (1522), Julio Cortázar (1914), and Isabella of Austria (1501).
Others born in Belgium
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Pepin of Herstal
POLITICIAN
635 - 714
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 40
Philippe of Belgium
NOBLEMAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 41
Hergé
COMIC ARTIST
1907 - 1983
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 42
Victor Horta
ARCHITECT
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 43
Henry van de Velde
ARCHITECT
1863 - 1957
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 44
Marguerite Yourcenar
WRITER
1903 - 1987
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 45
Henri La Fontaine
LAWYER
1854 - 1943
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 46
Jan Brueghel the Elder
PAINTER
1568 - 1625
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 47
Jules Bordet
BIOLOGIST
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 48
Simon Stevin
MATHEMATICIAN
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 49
Margaret of Parma
POLITICIAN
1522 - 1586
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 50
Julio Cortázar
WRITER
1914 - 1984
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 51
Isabella of Austria
COMPANION
1501 - 1526
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 52
Among LAWYERS In Belgium
Among lawyers born in Belgium, Henri La Fontaine ranks 1. After him are Koen Lenaerts (1954).
