1925 - 2020
Jean Raspail (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁaspaj], 5 July 1925 – 13 June 2020) was a French explorer, novelist, and travel writer. Many of his books are about historical figures, exploration and indigenous peoples. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Prix du Roman and Grand Prix de littérature by the Académie française. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Raspail has received more than 311,800 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jean Raspail is the 2,263rd most popular writer (down from 1,794th in 2019), the 2,496th most popular biography from France (down from 1,971st in 2019) and the 324th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Jean Raspail ranks 2,263 out of 5,755. Before him are Gaston Paris, Vsevolod Garshin, Rómulo Gallegos, John Kennedy Toole, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Phan Bội Châu. After him are Elisabeth of Schönau, Paschasius Radbertus, Rebecca West, William Beckford, Johann Karl August Musäus, and Audre Lorde.
1839 - 1903
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,257
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,258
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,259
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,260
1825 - 1898
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,261
1867 - 1940
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,262
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,263
1129 - 1164
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,264
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,265
1892 - 1983
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,266
1760 - 1844
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,267
1735 - 1787
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,268
1934 - 1992
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,269
Among people born in 1925, Jean Raspail ranks 146. Before him are Flannery O'Connor, Max Morlock, Uzi Narkiss, Mario Merz, Manos Hatzidakis, and Rabah Bitat. After him are Roger Hanin, Shigeko Higashikuni, Silvana Pampanini, Johnny Carson, Ahmad Shamlou, and Olof Thunberg. Among people deceased in 2020, Jean Raspail ranks 154. Before him are Ilija Petković, Agne Simonsson, Stuart Whitman, Amadeo Carrizo, Jerry Rawlings, and Pentti Linkola. After him are Armando Manzanero, Mustafa Nadarević, Terry Goodkind, Fernando Solanas, Olof Thunberg, and Mesut Yılmaz.
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 140
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 141
1925 - 1997
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 142
1925 - 2003
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 143
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 144
1925 - 2000
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 145
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 146
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 147
1925 - 1961
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 148
1925 - 2016
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 149
1925 - 2005
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 150
1925 - 2000
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 151
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 152
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 148
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 149
1928 - 2020
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 150
1926 - 2020
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 151
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 152
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 153
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 154
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 155
1943 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 156
1948 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 157
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 158
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 159
1947 - 2020
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 160
Among people born in France, Jean Raspail ranks 2,496 out of 6,011. Before him are Adolphe Monticelli (1824), Gaston Paris (1839), Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), Claude Rich (1929), and Jacques Pills (1906). After him are Jean Fernel (1497), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), François-André Vincent (1746), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Michel Gondry (1963), and Chilperic II of Burgundy (450).
1824 - 1886
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,490
1839 - 1903
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,491
1718 - 1804
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,492
1756 - 1794
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,493
1929 - 2017
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,494
1906 - 1970
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,495
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,496
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,497
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,498
1746 - 1816
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,499
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,500
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,501
450 - 491
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,502
Among writers born in France, Jean Raspail ranks 324. Before him are Édouard Drumont (1844), Émile Augier (1820), François Coppée (1842), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), and Gaston Paris (1839). After him are Paschasius Radbertus (792), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Varro Atacinus (-82), Paul Hazard (1878), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), and François Hotman (1524).
1844 - 1917
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 318
1820 - 1889
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 319
1842 - 1908
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 320
1732 - 1776
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 321
1682 - 1749
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 322
1839 - 1903
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 323
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 324
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 325
1670 - 1742
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 326
82 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 327
1878 - 1944
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 328
1909 - 1991
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 329
1524 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 330