1597 - 1654
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654) was a French author in Baroque Précieuses style, 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 39,297 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac is the 2,103rd most popular writer (down from 1,808th in 2019), the 2,358th most popular biography from France (down from 1,984th in 2019) and the 300th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 2,103 out of 5,755. Before him are Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Vasyl Stus, Nihal Atsız, Fritz Leiber, Nguyễn Du, and Samuil Marshak. After him are Ludwig Uhland, Sven Nordqvist, Rahul Sankrityayan, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, and Hamdallah Mustawfi.
1889 - 1929
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,097
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,098
1905 - 1975
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,099
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,100
1765 - 1820
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,101
1887 - 1964
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,102
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,103
1787 - 1862
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,104
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,105
1893 - 1963
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,106
1713 - 1796
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,107
1824 - 1873
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,108
1281 - 1349
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,109
Among people born in 1597, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 9. Before him are Francesco Barberini, Martin Opitz, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Luigi Rossi, and François Duquesnoy. After him are Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, John Francis Regis, Salomon de Bray, Justus Sustermans, Vincent Voiture, and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1654, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 13. Before him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Peter Claver, Samuel Scheidt, İslâm III Giray, Jacques Lemercier, and Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. After him are Ole Worm, Matei Basarab, and John Selden.
1597 - 1679
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 3
1597 - 1639
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 4
1597 - 1665
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 5
1597 - 1660
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 6
1597 - 1653
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 7
1597 - 1643
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 8
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 9
1597 - 1662
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 10
1597 - 1640
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 11
1597 - 1664
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 12
1597 - 1681
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 13
1597 - 1648
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 14
1597 - 1639
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 15
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 7
1581 - 1654
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 8
1587 - 1654
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 9
1604 - 1654
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 10
1585 - 1654
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 11
1598 - 1654
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 12
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 13
1588 - 1654
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 14
1580 - 1654
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 15
1584 - 1654
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 2,358 out of 6,011. Before him are Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1191), Peter John Olivi (1248), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Germain Pilon (1525), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and Marina Ginestà (1919). After him are Conon de Béthune (1150), Paul Pogba (1993), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), Michel Petrucciani (1962), and Joseph-Marie Vien (1716).
1191 - 1250
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,352
1248 - 1298
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,353
1017 - 1076
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,354
1525 - 1590
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,355
1770 - 1847
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,356
1919 - 2014
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,357
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,358
1150 - 1219
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,359
1993 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,360
1713 - 1796
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,361
1555 - 1623
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,362
1962 - 1999
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,363
1716 - 1809
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,364
Among writers born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 300. Before him are Auguste Maquet (1813), Bernard Palissy (1510), Nicholas Rémy (1530), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Georges Ohnet (1848), and Matthieu Ricard (1946). After him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean Paulhan (1884), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Elena Poniatowska (1932), and Eugène Marin Labiche (1815).
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 294
1510 - 1589
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 295
1530 - 1612
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 296
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 297
1848 - 1918
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 298
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 299
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 300
1713 - 1796
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 301
1884 - 1968
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 302
1794 - 1881
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 303
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 304
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 305
1815 - 1888
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 306