1711 - 1780
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (French: [ʒan maʁi ləpʁɛ̃s də bomɔ̃] ⓘ; 26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the best-known version of Beauty and the Beast. Born to a middle-class family, she was raised alongside her younger sister, Catherine Aimée. Both were provided education at a convent school and stayed on as teachers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont has received more than 522,228 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is the 1,191st most popular writer (down from 1,072nd in 2019), the 1,377th most popular biography from France (down from 1,206th in 2019) and the 176th most popular French Writer.
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is most famous for her 18th century fairy tales, including "The Beauty and the Beast" and "Puss in Boots."
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Among writers, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 1,191 out of 5,755. Before her are Gottfried Keller, Henri Murger, Herrad of Landsberg, John Dickson Carr, Hélène Cixous, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. After her are Paul Bourget, Roger Caillois, Gabriele Amorth, Claudio Magris, Max Nordau, and John Berger.
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 1,185
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 1,186
1125 - 1195
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1,187
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,188
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,189
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,190
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,191
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,192
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,193
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,194
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,195
1849 - 1923
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,196
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,197
Among people born in 1711, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 9. Before her are Mikhail Lomonosov, Roger Joseph Boscovich, William IV, Prince of Orange, Laura Bassi, Barbara of Portugal, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. After her are Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Ablai Khan, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, William Boyce, and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. Among people deceased in 1780, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 6. Before her are Maria Theresa, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Bernardo Bellotto, and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria. After her are Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, and Kristijonas Donelaitis.
1711 - 1765
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 4
1711 - 1751
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 5
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 6
1711 - 1758
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 7
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 8
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 9
1711 - 1741
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 10
1711 - 1781
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 11
1711 - 1753
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 12
1711 - 1785
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 13
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 14
1711 - 1786
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 15
1717 - 1780
HPI: 84.31
Rank: 1
1714 - 1780
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 2
1712 - 1780
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 3
1721 - 1780
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 4
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 5
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 6
1713 - 1780
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 7
1698 - 1780
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 8
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 9
1713 - 1780
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 10
1743 - 1780
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 11
1714 - 1780
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 1,377 out of 6,011. Before her are Petrus Ramus (1515), Sophie of France (1734), Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), and Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734). After her are Anne Geneviève de Bourbon (1619), Humbert of Silva Candida (1000), Paul Bourget (1852), Roger Caillois (1913), Lazare Hoche (1768), and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604).
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1,371
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1,372
1127 - 1181
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,373
1991 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,374
1093 - 1152
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,375
1734 - 1802
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,376
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,377
1619 - 1679
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,378
1000 - 1061
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,379
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,380
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,381
1768 - 1797
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,382
1604 - 1675
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,383
Among writers born in France, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 176. Before her are Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Henri Murger (1822). After her are Paul Bourget (1852), Roger Caillois (1913), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Vivant Denon (1747), Victorien Sardou (1831), and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893).
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
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 177
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 178
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 179
1747 - 1825
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 180
1831 - 1908
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 181
1893 - 1945
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 182