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Jean Clair

1940 - Today

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Jean Clair (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ klɛʁ]) is the pen name of Gérard Régnier (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ ʁeɲe]; born 20 October 1940 in Paris, France). Clair is an essayist, a polemicist, an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the Académie française since May, 2008. He was, for many years, the director of the Picasso Museum in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Clair has received more than 45,016 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Clair is the 5,255th most popular writer (down from 3,815th in 2019), the 4,628th most popular biography from France (down from 3,627th in 2019) and the 591st most popular French Writer.

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  • 46.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Clair ranks 5,255 out of 7,302. Before him are Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Thomas Love Peacock, Candace Bushnell, Sara Paretsky, Jiang Rong, and Jacques Laurent. After him are Petr Bezruč, André Heller, Nalini Bala Devi, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Edward Carpenter, and Roshanara Begum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jean Clair ranks 422. Before him are Gianni De Michelis, Patrick Leahy, Héctor Silva, Rex Cawley, Ermindo Onega, and James Gammon. After him are Jack Thompson, Mutsuhiko Nomura, Wolfgang Paul, Franco Balmamion, David Peoples, and James Brady.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Clair ranks 4,628 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), Zazie (1964), Laurent Cantet (1961), Arnulf of Chocques (null), Jacques Laurent (1919), and Marc Caro (1956). After him are Sarah Biasini (1977), Jules Berry (1883), Philippe Gondet (1942), Valérie Pécresse (1967), Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884), and Cédric Villani (1973).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Clair ranks 591. Before him are Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589), Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680), Tony Duvert (1945), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), and Jacques Laurent (1919). After him are Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884), Armand Lanoux (1913), Marguerite Audoux (1863), Gilles Perrault (1931), Teresa de la Parra (1889), and Jacques Jasmin (1798).

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