WRITER

Jean-Dominique Bauby

1952 - 1997

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Jean-Dominique Bauby (French: [ʒɑ̃ dɔminik bobi]; 23 April 1952 – 9 March 1997) was a French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine Elle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Dominique Bauby has received more than 754,409 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jean-Dominique Bauby is the 2,396th most popular writer (down from 1,922nd in 2019), the 2,658th most popular biography from France (down from 2,166th in 2019) and the 335th most popular French Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.13

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  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Dominique Bauby ranks 2,396 out of 7,302Before him are Charles Berlitz, Akaki Tsereteli, Laura Esquivel, S. N. Goenka, Izumi Shikibu, and Johann Jakob Bodmer. After him are Per Petterson, Jeremias Gotthelf, M. Karunanidhi, Abu-l-'Atahiya, Giovanni Pascoli, and Bion of Smyrna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jean-Dominique Bauby ranks 152Before him are David A. Stewart, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Petar Stoyanov, Nikolai Andrianov, Rafael Caro Quintero, and Anote Tong. After him are Per Petterson, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Edward Zwick, Sergei Stepashin, Klaus Teuber, and Samir Geagea. Among people deceased in 1997, Jean-Dominique Bauby ranks 104Before him are Bo Widerberg, Félix Candela, Robert Serber, Shintaro Katsu, Hans Robert Jauss, and Jean Françaix. After him are Laurean Rugambwa, Edward Mulhare, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Lyman Spitzer, Peng Zhen, and Walter Gotell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Dominique Bauby ranks 2,658 out of 6,770Before him are Émile Augier (1820), André Frossard (1915), Germain Pilon (1525), Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), Charles Chamberland (1851), and François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753). After him are Georges d'Amboise (1460), François Mignet (1796), Louis Trousselier (1881), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198), Odo II, Count of Blois (983), and Armand Trousseau (1801).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Dominique Bauby ranks 335Before him are Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), Paul Adam (1862), Pierre Souvestre (1874), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Émile Augier (1820), and André Frossard (1915). After him are Eustache Deschamps (1346), Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674), Paul Hazard (1878), Dominique Lapierre (1931), Philippe de Mornay (1549), and Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732).