1814 - 1875
Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa milɛ]; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. Toward the end of his career, he became increasingly interested in painting pure landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-François Millet has received more than 888,172 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Jean-François Millet is the 56th most popular painter, the 154th most popular biography from France (down from 137th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Painter.
Jean-François Millet is most famous for his paintings of peasants laboring in the fields.
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Among painters, Jean-François Millet ranks 56 out of 1,421. Before him are Georges Braque, Andrea del Verrocchio, Georges Seurat, Paolo Veronese, Ilya Repin, and Diego Rivera. After him are Egon Schiele, Artemisia Gentileschi, Kazimir Malevich, Anthony van Dyck, Giorgione, and Jackson Pollock.
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 50
1435 - 1488
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 51
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 52
1528 - 1588
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 53
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 54
1886 - 1957
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 55
1814 - 1875
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 56
1890 - 1918
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 57
1593 - 1653
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 58
1879 - 1935
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 59
1599 - 1641
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 60
1478 - 1510
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 61
1912 - 1956
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 62
Among people born in 1814, Jean-François Millet ranks 2. Before him is Mikhail Bakunin. After him are Taras Shevchenko, Samuel Colt, Mikhail Lermontov, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Adolphe Sax, Julius von Mayer, Anders Jonas Ångström, Henri Nestlé, Hong Xiuquan, and Jenny von Westphalen. Among people deceased in 1875, Jean-François Millet ranks 4. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen, Georges Bizet, and Ferdinand I of Austria. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Andrew Johnson, Tongzhi Emperor, Charles Lyell, Isaac Singer, Éliphas Lévi, John Edward Gray, and Charles Wheatstone.
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 1
1814 - 1875
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 2
1814 - 1861
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 3
1814 - 1862
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 4
1814 - 1841
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 5
1814 - 1879
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 6
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 7
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 8
1814 - 1874
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 9
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 10
1814 - 1864
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 11
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
1805 - 1875
HPI: 87.84
Rank: 1
1838 - 1875
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 2
1793 - 1875
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 3
1814 - 1875
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 4
1796 - 1875
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 5
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 6
1856 - 1875
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 7
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 8
1811 - 1875
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 9
1810 - 1875
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 10
1800 - 1875
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 11
1802 - 1875
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jean-François Millet ranks 154 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles V of France (1338), Jean Bodin (1530), Christian Dior (1905), Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754), Évariste Galois (1811), and Pope Sylvester II (938). After him are Guy de Maupassant (1850), Jacques Cousteau (1910), Erik Satie (1866), Charles IX of France (1550), Charles Baudelaire (1821), and Francis II of France (1544).
1338 - 1380
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 148
1530 - 1596
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 149
1905 - 1957
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 150
1754 - 1838
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 151
1811 - 1832
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 152
938 - 1003
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 153
1814 - 1875
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 154
1850 - 1893
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 155
1910 - 1997
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 156
1866 - 1925
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 157
1550 - 1574
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 158
1821 - 1867
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 159
1544 - 1560
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 160
Among painters born in France, Jean-François Millet ranks 16. Before him are Gustave Courbet (1819), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), Nicolas Poussin (1594), Georges Braque (1882), and Georges Seurat (1859). After him are Théodore Géricault (1791), Alfred Sisley (1839), Henri Rousseau (1844), Gustave Doré (1832), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), and François Boucher (1703).
1819 - 1877
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 10
1841 - 1919
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 11
1864 - 1901
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 12
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