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 1,225,329 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Jean Genet is the 358th most popular writer (down from 356th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from France (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 62nd 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 358 out of 5,755. Before him are John Keats, Max Brod, Nâzım Hikmet, Jacques Prévert, Ahmad Yasawi, and Andrzej Sapkowski. After him are Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Susan Sontag, Pär Lagerkvist, Alphonse Daudet, and Anne Brontë.
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 352
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 353
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 354
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 355
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 356
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 357
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 358
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 359
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 360
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 361
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 362
1840 - 1897
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 363
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 364
Among people born in 1910, Jean Genet ranks 10. Before him are Robert K. Merton, Giuseppe Meazza, Irena Sendler, Ingrid of Sweden, Gloria Stuart, and Konrad Zuse. After him are Paulette Goddard, Django Reinhardt, Walter Schellenberg, Gerda Taro, Ronald Coase, and David Niven. Among people deceased in 1986, Jean Genet ranks 14. Before him are Frank Herbert, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Joseph Beuys, and Georgia O'Keeffe. After him are Harold Macmillan, Urho Kekkonen, Cliff Burton, Celâl Bayar, Henry Moore, and Albert Szent-Györgyi.
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 4
1910 - 1979
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 5
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 6
1910 - 2000
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 7
1910 - 2010
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 8
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 9
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 10
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1910 - 1953
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 12
1910 - 1952
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 13
1910 - 1937
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 14
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 15
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 16
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 8
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 9
1907 - 1986
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 10
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 11
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
1887 - 1986
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 13
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 14
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1900 - 1986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 16
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 17
1883 - 1986
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 18
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 19
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 20
Among people born in France, Jean Genet ranks 405 out of 6,011. Before him are Anouk Aimée (1932), Allan Kardec (1804), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Jacques Prévert (1900), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), and Margaret of Anjou (1430). After him are Ambroise Paré (1510), René Goscinny (1926), André Citroën (1878), Robert I of France (860), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814).
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 399
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 400
1045 - 1105
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 401
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 402
1930 - 2022
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 403
1430 - 1482
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 404
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 405
1510 - 1590
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 406
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 407
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 408
860 - 923
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 409
1783 - 1837
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 410
1814 - 1879
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 411
Among writers born in France, Jean Genet ranks 62. Before him are Georges Bataille (1897), André Malraux (1901), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Paul Éluard (1895), and Jacques Prévert (1900). After him are Alphonse Daudet (1840), Henri Charrière (1906), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Théophile Gautier (1811), Auguste Escoffier (1847), and W. Somerset Maugham (1874).
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 56
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 57
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 58
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 59
1895 - 1952
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 60
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 61
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 62
1840 - 1897
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 63
1906 - 1973
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 64
1816 - 1882
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 65
1811 - 1872
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 66
1847 - 1935
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 67
1874 - 1965
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 68