1844 - 1910
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒyljɛ̃ feliks ʁuso]; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Rousseau has received more than 1,701,208 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Rousseau is the 68th most popular painter (up from 72nd in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from France (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Painter.
Henri Rousseau was a French painter who is most famous for his paintings of jungle scenes.
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Among painters, Henri Rousseau ranks 68 out of 1,421. Before him are Jackson Pollock, Giovanni Bellini, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Théodore Géricault, Alfred Sisley, and Piero della Francesca. After him are Lucas Cranach the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden, Alphonse Mucha, Gustave Doré, Frans Hals, and Pietro Perugino.
1912 - 1956
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 62
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 63
1448 - 1494
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 64
1791 - 1824
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 65
1839 - 1899
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 66
1415 - 1492
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 67
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 68
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 69
1390 - 1464
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 70
1860 - 1939
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 71
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 72
1582 - 1666
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 73
1446 - 1523
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 74
Among people born in 1844, Henri Rousseau ranks 10. Before him are Mehmed V, Anatole France, Paul Verlaine, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ilya Repin, and Bernadette Soubirous. After him are Ludwig Boltzmann, Peter I of Serbia, Umberto I of Italy, Alexandra of Denmark, Friedrich Ratzel, and Mary Cassatt. Among people deceased in 1910, Henri Rousseau ranks 8. Before him are Florence Nightingale, Mark Twain, Robert Koch, Henry Dunant, William James, and Edward VII. After him are Nadar, O. Henry, Mily Balakirev, Marius Petipa, Luigi Lucheni, and Léon Walras.
1844 - 1918
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 4
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 5
1844 - 1896
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 6
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 7
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 8
1844 - 1879
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 9
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 10
1844 - 1906
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 11
1844 - 1921
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 12
1844 - 1900
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 13
1844 - 1925
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 14
1844 - 1904
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 15
1844 - 1926
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 16
1820 - 1910
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 2
1835 - 1910
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 3
1843 - 1910
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 4
1828 - 1910
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 5
1842 - 1910
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 6
1841 - 1910
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 7
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 8
1820 - 1910
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 9
1862 - 1910
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 10
1837 - 1910
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 11
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 12
1873 - 1910
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 13
1834 - 1910
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 14
Among people born in France, Henri Rousseau ranks 203 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges Pompidou (1911), Jacques de Molay (1243), Pope Clement VI (1291), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), François Truffaut (1932), and Henri de Saint-Simon (1760). After him are Léon Foucault (1819), Richard II of England (1367), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Georges Méliès (1861), Charles IV of France (1294), and Saint Roch (1295).
1911 - 1974
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 197
1243 - 1314
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 198
1291 - 1352
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 199
1113 - 1151
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 200
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 201
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 202
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 203
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 204
1367 - 1400
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 205
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 206
1861 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 207
1294 - 1328
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 208
1295 - 1327
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 209
Among painters born in France, Henri Rousseau ranks 19. Before him are Nicolas Poussin (1594), Georges Braque (1882), Georges Seurat (1859), Jean-François Millet (1814), Théodore Géricault (1791), and Alfred Sisley (1839). After him are Gustave Doré (1832), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), François Boucher (1703), Honoré Daumier (1808), Paul Signac (1863), and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732).
1594 - 1665
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 13
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 14
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 15
1814 - 1875
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 16
1791 - 1824
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 17
1839 - 1899
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 18
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 19
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 20
1796 - 1875
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 21
1703 - 1770
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 22
1808 - 1879
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 23
1863 - 1935
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 24
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 25