1597 - 1654
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654) was a French author, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac has received more than 24,460 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac is the 1,810th most popular writer (up from 1,994th in 2019), the 1,987th most popular biography from France (up from 2,084th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 1,810 out of 5,794. Before him are Pir Sultan Abdal, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Marcel Achard, Methodius of Olympus, Philippe Quinault, and Jean Bruller. After him are Horacio Quiroga, Harold Bloom, Theophylact of Ohrid, Corax of Syracuse, Vasily Shukshin, and Alciphron.
1480 - 1550
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,804
1841 - 1889
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,805
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,806
260 - 311
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,807
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,808
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,809
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,810
1878 - 1937
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1,811
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1,812
1055 - 1107
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1,813
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,814
1929 - 1974
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,815
200 - 200
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,816
Among people born in 1597, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Martin Opitz, Francesco Barberini, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, and Honoré II, Prince of Monaco. After him are Justus Sustermans, Vincent Voiture, Salomon de Bray, and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1654, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 11. Before him are Paulus Potter, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Samuel Scheidt, Peter Claver, and İslâm III Giray. After him are Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Ole Worm, and John Selden.
1597 - 1660
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 3
1597 - 1660
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 4
1597 - 1639
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 5
1597 - 1679
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 6
1597 - 1665
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 7
1597 - 1662
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 8
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 9
1597 - 1681
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 10
1597 - 1648
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 11
1597 - 1664
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 12
1597 - 1639
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 13
1625 - 1654
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 5
1633 - 1654
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 6
1586 - 1654
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 7
1587 - 1654
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 8
1581 - 1654
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 9
1604 - 1654
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 10
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 11
1585 - 1654
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 12
1598 - 1654
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 13
1588 - 1654
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 14
1584 - 1654
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 1,987 out of 5,234. Before him are Alix of France (1151), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Philippe Quinault (1635), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Maurice de Broglie (1875), and Jean Bruller (1902). After him are Jean Behra (1921), François Blondel (1618), Omar Sy (1978), Étienne Méhul (1763), Marguerite Long (1874), and François-Édouard Picot (1786).
1151 - 1195
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,981
1830 - 1901
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,982
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,983
1856 - 1929
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,984
1875 - 1960
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,985
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,986
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,987
1921 - 1959
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,988
1618 - 1686
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1,989
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1,990
1763 - 1817
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,991
1874 - 1966
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,992
1786 - 1868
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,993
Among writers born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 262. Before him are Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Jean Raspail (1925), Marcel Achard (1899), Philippe Quinault (1635), and Jean Bruller (1902). After him are Yvan Goll (1891), Jean Chapelain (1595), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), François Coppée (1842), and François Pierre La Varenne (1618).
1886 - 1956
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 256
1613 - 1679
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 257
1925 - 2020
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 258
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 259
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 260
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 261
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 262
1891 - 1950
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 263
1595 - 1674
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 264
1740 - 1814
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 265
1786 - 1859
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 266
1842 - 1908
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 267
1618 - 1678
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 268