1596 - 1665
Jean Bolland (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent Flemish hagiographer.Bolland's main achievement is the compilation of the first five volumes of the Lives of the Saints in Latin, called the Acta Sanctorum, a series which was continued by others, who, after his death, formed the Society of Bollandists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Bolland has received more than 29,923 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Bolland is the 1,603rd most popular writer (up from 1,876th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 237th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Writer.
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Among writers, Jean Bolland ranks 1,603 out of 5,755. Before him are Matteo Maria Boiardo, Colin Wilson, Agnes Smedley, Enzo of Sardinia, Marie de Gournay, and Yevgenia Ginzburg. After him are Ken Wilber, Eugene Nida, René Char, Abu Tammam, Zeki Müren, and Miklós Zrínyi.
1441 - 1494
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,597
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,598
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,599
1220 - 1272
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,600
1565 - 1645
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,601
1904 - 1977
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 1,602
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 1,603
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,604
1914 - 2011
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,605
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,606
788 - 846
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,607
1931 - 1996
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,608
1620 - 1664
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,609
Among people born in 1596, Jean Bolland ranks 15. Before him are Peter Mogila, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Baldassare Longhena, Joan Blaeu, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and Johan Banér. After him are Constantijn Huygens, Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Thomas de Keyser, Leonaert Bramer, and Heinrich Scheidemann. Among people deceased in 1665, Jean Bolland ranks 11. Before him are César, Duke of Vendôme, Elisabetta Sirani, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, and Stefan Czarniecki. After him are Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Andreas Cellarius, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Lorenzo Lippi.
1596 - 1647
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 9
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 10
1596 - 1682
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 11
1596 - 1673
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 12
1596 - 1656
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 13
1596 - 1641
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 14
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 15
1596 - 1687
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 16
1596 - 1657
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 17
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 18
1596 - 1667
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 19
1596 - 1674
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 20
1596 - 1663
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 21
1594 - 1665
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
1638 - 1665
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 6
1588 - 1665
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 7
1602 - 1665
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 8
1630 - 1665
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 9
1599 - 1665
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 10
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 11
1597 - 1665
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 12
1629 - 1665
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 13
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 14
1607 - 1665
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 15
1622 - 1665
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 16
1606 - 1665
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 17
Among people born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 211 out of 1,019. Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Lutgardis (1182), Begga (615), Maerten de Vos (1532), and Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207). After him are Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Alexander Agricola (1446), Juan de Flandes (1450), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Willy Claes (1938), and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962).
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 205
1573 - 1621
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 206
1182 - 1246
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 207
615 - 693
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 208
1532 - 1603
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 209
1207 - 1248
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 210
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 211
1420 - 1470
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 212
1446 - 1506
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 213
1450 - 1519
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 214
1870 - 1948
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 215
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 216
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 217
Among writers born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 14. Before him are Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), Victor Serge (1890), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522). After him are John of Ruusbroec (1293), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), William of Moerbeke (1215), Hendrik Conscience (1812), FM-2030 (1930), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856).
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 8
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 9
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 10
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 11
1929 - 2008
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 12
1522 - 1592
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 13
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 14
1293 - 1381
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 15
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 16
1215 - 1286
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 17
1812 - 1883
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 18
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 19
1856 - 1940
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 20