1910 - 1986
Jean Genet (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒənɛ]; (1910-12-19)19 December 1910 – (1986-04-15)15 April 1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Genet has received more than 1,097,992 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Genet is the 356th most popular writer (down from 340th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from France (down from 370th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Writer.
Jean Genet is most famous for his book, "The Thief's Journal," which he wrote about his time in prison.
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Among writers, Jean Genet ranks 356 out of 5,794. Before him are Paul Celan, Archilochus, Paul Heyse, W. B. Yeats, Dan Brown, and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. After him are Apollonius of Rhodes, Elfriede Jelinek, Nadine Gordimer, Arthur de Gobineau, Einhard, and Ammianus Marcellinus.
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 350
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 351
1830 - 1914
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 352
1865 - 1939
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 353
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 354
1876 - 1944
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 355
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 356
295 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 357
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 358
1923 - 2014
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 359
1816 - 1882
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 360
770 - 840
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 361
330 - 395
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 362
Among people born in 1910, Jean Genet ranks 11. Before him are Giuseppe Meazza, Gloria Stuart, Robert K. Merton, Ingrid of Sweden, Django Reinhardt, and Konrad Zuse. After him are Paulette Goddard, Ronald Coase, Walter Schellenberg, Eric Berne, David Niven, and Kurt Meyer. Among people deceased in 1986, Jean Genet ranks 13. Before him are Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mircea Eliade, Cary Grant, Tenzing Norgay, Joseph Beuys, and Henry Moore. After him are Harold Macmillan, Cliff Burton, Frank Herbert, Benny Goodman, Celâl Bayar, and Urho Kekkonen.
1910 - 1979
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 5
1910 - 2010
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 6
1910 - 2003
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 7
1910 - 2000
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 8
1910 - 1953
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 9
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 10
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 11
1910 - 1990
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 12
1910 - 2013
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 13
1910 - 1952
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 14
1910 - 1970
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 15
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 16
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 17
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 7
1907 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 8
1904 - 1986
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 9
1914 - 1986
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 10
1921 - 1986
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 11
1898 - 1986
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 12
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 13
1894 - 1986
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 14
1962 - 1986
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 15
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 16
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 17
1883 - 1986
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 18
1900 - 1986
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 19
Among people born in France, Jean Genet ranks 394 out of 5,234. Before him are Théophile Gautier (1811), Édouard Daladier (1884), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), Jean Monnet (1888), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), and Letizia Ramolino (1750). After him are Pytheas (-380), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Alexis Carrel (1873), Dagobert I (611), Marc Bloch (1886), and Jacques Prévert (1900).
1811 - 1872
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 388
1884 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 389
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 390
1888 - 1979
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 391
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 392
1750 - 1836
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 393
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 394
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 395
1816 - 1882
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 396
1873 - 1944
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 397
611 - 639
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 398
1886 - 1944
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 399
1900 - 1977
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 400
Among writers born in France, Jean Genet ranks 61. Before him are François Mauriac (1885), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Gregory of Tours (538), André Malraux (1901), and Théophile Gautier (1811). After him are Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Jacques Prévert (1900), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Auguste Escoffier (1847), and Hector Malot (1830).
1885 - 1970
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 55
1881 - 1958
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 56
1934 - 2018
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 57
538 - 593
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 58
1901 - 1976
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 59
1811 - 1872
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 60
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 61
1816 - 1882
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 62
1900 - 1977
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 63
1790 - 1869
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 64
1627 - 1704
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 65
1847 - 1935
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 66
1830 - 1907
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 67