1895 - 1970
Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Giono has received more than 252,704 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jean Giono is the 1,155th most popular writer (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 1,336th most popular biography from France (down from 1,236th in 2019) and the 170th most popular French Writer.
Jean Giono is most famous for his novel, The Man Who Planted Trees.
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Among writers, Jean Giono ranks 1,155 out of 5,755. Before him are Paul Scarron, Rosalía de Castro, Michel Tournier, Jean M. Auel, Robert Wilson, and Alfred Kubin. After him are Odoric of Pordenone, Danielle Steel, Judah Leon Abravanel, Claudius Aelianus, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Vladimir Korolenko.
1610 - 1660
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,149
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,150
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,151
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,152
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,153
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,154
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,155
1286 - 1331
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 1,156
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 1,157
1460 - 1530
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 1,158
200 - 235
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 1,159
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 1,160
1853 - 1921
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,161
Among people born in 1895, Jean Giono ranks 75. Before him are Marcel Pagnol, Wilhelm Gustloff, B. H. Liddell Hart, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Lin Yutang, and Walter Dornberger. After him are Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Jack Dempsey, Shote Galica, Clara Haskil, Paul Muni, and Henry de Montherlant. Among people deceased in 1970, Jean Giono ranks 51. Before him are E. M. Forster, Sonny Liston, Lev Kuleshov, B. H. Liddell Hart, Percy Spencer, and Barnett Newman. After him are Elsa Triolet, Maud Lewis, Pedro Cea, Erich Heckel, Leslie Groves, and Marie-Pierre Kœnig.
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 69
1895 - 1936
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 70
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 71
1895 - 1966
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 72
1895 - 1976
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 73
1895 - 1980
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 75
1895 - 1945
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 76
1895 - 1983
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 77
1895 - 1927
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 78
1895 - 1960
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 79
1895 - 1967
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 80
1895 - 1972
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 81
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 45
1932 - 1970
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 46
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 47
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 48
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 49
1905 - 1970
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 50
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 51
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 52
1903 - 1970
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 53
1900 - 1970
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 54
1883 - 1970
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 55
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 56
1898 - 1970
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 57
Among people born in France, Jean Giono ranks 1,336 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Vierne (1870), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Gustave Charpentier (1860), and Raymond Loewy (1893). After him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Georges Auric (1899), François Clouet (1510), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), and Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766).
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,330
1736 - 1818
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,331
1841 - 1932
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,332
950 - 1004
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,333
1860 - 1956
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,334
1893 - 1986
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,335
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,336
1785 - 1856
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 1,337
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 1,338
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 1,339
1510 - 1572
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,340
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,341
1766 - 1831
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,342
Among writers born in France, Jean Giono ranks 170. Before him are Joachim du Bellay (1522), Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), and Michel Tournier (1924). After him are Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Henri Murger (1822), and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711).
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 164
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 165
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 166
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 167
1610 - 1660
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 168
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 169
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 170
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 171
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 172
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 173
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 174
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 175
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 176