WRITER

Jean de Brunhoff

1899 - 1937

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Jean de Brunhoff (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ də bʁynɔf]; 9 December 1899 – 16 October 1937) was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children's books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean de Brunhoff has received more than 215,353 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean de Brunhoff is the 4,096th most popular writer, the 3,952nd most popular biography from France and the 506th most popular French Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 50.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean de Brunhoff ranks 4,096 out of 7,302. Before him are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Eric Frank Russell, David Crane, T. C. Boyle, Lilian Jackson Braun, and Petrus Borel. After him are Sergei Mavrodi, Izzat Ghazzawi, Aleko Konstantinov, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Sándor Weöres, and Yevgeny Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jean de Brunhoff ranks 188. Before him are Nevil Shute, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Ralf Törngren, E. B. White, Masujiro Nishida, and René Petit. After him are Eugeniusz Bodo, Hart Crane, Jón Leifs, Miyamoto Yuriko, Alfred Blalock, and Arvīds Pelše. Among people deceased in 1937, Jean de Brunhoff ranks 115. Before him are Ernst Hoppenberg, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Adalbert Deșu, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Andrew Mellon, and Yehuda Pen. After him are André Bessette, Camillo Berneri, Alexander Chayanov, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Valerian Pidmohylny, and Victor Laloux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean de Brunhoff ranks 3,952 out of 6,770. Before him are Kingsley Coman (1996), Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939), Maurice Genevoix (1890), Grégory Coupet (1972), Benjamin Pavard (1996), and Petrus Borel (1809). After him are Raymond Bernard (1891), Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), Lassana Diarra (1985), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), René Llense (1913), and Johann Fischart (1546).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean de Brunhoff ranks 506. Before him are Claude Aveline (1901), Michel Carré (1821), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Hervé Guibert (1955), Maurice Genevoix (1890), and Petrus Borel (1809). After him are Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), Johann Fischart (1546), Dominique Fernandez (1929), Pierre Michon (1945), Paul Déroulède (1846), and Jacqueline de Romilly (1913).

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