1947 - 2018
Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Michel has received more than 204,287 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Henri Michel is the 460th most popular soccer player (up from 599th in 2019), the 1,996th most popular biography from France (up from 2,193rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Henri Michel ranks 460 out of 16,880. Before him are Emerich Jenei, Nereo Rocco, Juan Sebastián Verón, Zdeněk Zeman, Mihály Lantos, and Patrick Vieira. After him are Seki Matsunaga, Alejandro Sabella, Gian Piero Gasperini, Wim Suurbier, Kenzo Ohashi, and Seishiro Shimatani.
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 454
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 455
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 456
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 457
1928 - 1989
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 458
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 459
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 460
1928 - 2013
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 461
1954 - 2020
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 462
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 463
1945 - 2020
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 464
1934 - 2015
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 465
1938 - 2001
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 466
Among people born in 1947, Henri Michel ranks 133. Before him are Margaret Chan, Edu Coimbra, Nick Castle, Christian Jacq, Zdeněk Zeman, and Ljupko Petrović. After him are Ángel Nieto, Kevin Farrell, Greg Lake, Su Tseng-chang, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, and H. Robert Horvitz. Among people deceased in 2018, Henri Michel ranks 99. Before him are Whitey Bulger, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Tsukasa Hosaka, Joseph Kobzon, Quini, and Dennis Nilsen. After him are Belisario Betancur, Nicanor Parra, Uri Avnery, Bruno Sammartino, Richard Pipes, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 127
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 128
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 129
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 130
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 131
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 132
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 133
1947 - 2017
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 134
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 135
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 136
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 137
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 138
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 139
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 93
1935 - 2018
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 94
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 95
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 96
1949 - 2018
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 97
1945 - 2018
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 98
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 99
1923 - 2018
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 100
1914 - 2018
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 101
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 102
1935 - 2018
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 103
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 104
1931 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 105
Among people born in France, Henri Michel ranks 1,996 out of 6,011. Before him are Marguerite Long (1874), Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (1940), and Guillaume Dupuytren (1777). After him are Robert Surcouf (1773), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Recceswinth (620), Gaspard Ulliel (1984), and Patrick Tambay (1949).
1874 - 1966
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,990
1612 - 1669
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,991
1286 - 1341
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,992
1853 - 1933
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 1,993
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 1,994
1777 - 1835
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 1,995
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 1,996
1773 - 1827
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 1,997
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 1,998
1778 - 1819
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,999
620 - 672
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 2,000
1984 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,001
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,002
Among soccer players born in France, Henri Michel ranks 22. Before him are Jean Djorkaeff (1939), Henri Delaunay (1883), Guy Roux (1938), Fabien Barthez (1971), Alain Giresse (1952), and Youri Djorkaeff (1968). After him are Olivier Giroud (1986), Samir Nasri (1987), Nicolas Anelka (1979), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), Emmanuel Petit (1970), and Robert Pires (1973).
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 16
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 17
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 18
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 19
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 20
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 21
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 22
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 23
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 24
1979 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 25
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 26
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 27
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 28