1864 - 1938
Joseph Bédier (28 January 1864 – 29 August 1938) was a French writer and historian of medieval France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Bédier has received more than 53,644 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joseph Bédier is the 1,133rd most popular writer (up from 1,164th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from France (down from 1,298th in 2019) and the 165th most popular French Writer.
Joseph Bédier is most famous for his work on the Arthurian legend.
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Among writers, Joseph Bédier ranks 1,133 out of 5,755. Before him are Rigas Feraios, Ouyang Xiu, Polyaenus, Rex Stout, Yakub Kolas, and Nikolai Leskov. After him are Raymond Radiguet, Catherine de Bourbon, Ivan Cankar, Cosmas of Prague, Fernando Arrabal, and Vasily Zhukovsky.
1757 - 1798
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,127
1007 - 1072
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,128
101 - 180
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,129
1886 - 1975
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,130
1882 - 1956
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,131
1831 - 1895
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 1,132
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,133
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,134
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,135
1876 - 1918
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 1,136
1045 - 1125
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 1,137
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 1,138
1783 - 1852
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 1,139
Among people born in 1864, Joseph Bédier ranks 40. Before him are Li Yuanhong, Branislav Nušić, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Ethel Voynich, Andrej Hlinka, and Alfred Redl. After him are Draga Mašin, Eugen d'Albert, Jakob von Uexküll, Qi Baishi, Peter Deunov, and Robert E. Park. Among people deceased in 1938, Joseph Bédier ranks 46. Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Mary Mallon, Ernst Barlach, William Stern, Branislav Nušić, and Andrej Hlinka. After him are Marianne von Werefkin, Nikolay Krestinsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Robert Wiene, and Alfonsina Storni.
1864 - 1928
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 34
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 35
1864 - 1890
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 36
1864 - 1960
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 37
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 38
1864 - 1913
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 39
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 40
1864 - 1903
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 41
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 42
1864 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 43
1864 - 1957
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 44
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 45
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 46
1907 - 1938
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 40
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 41
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 42
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 43
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 44
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 45
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 46
1860 - 1938
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 47
1883 - 1938
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 48
1870 - 1938
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 49
1872 - 1938
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 50
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 51
1892 - 1938
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 52
Among people born in France, Joseph Bédier ranks 1,311 out of 6,011. Before him are Joachim du Bellay (1522), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Charles Boyer (1899), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), and Everard des Barres (1113). After him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Eva Green (1980), Lothair II of Italy (1000), Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754).
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,305
1724 - 1767
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,306
1879 - 1954
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,307
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,308
1802 - 1857
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,309
1113 - 1174
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 1,310
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,311
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,312
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,313
1980 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,314
1000 - 950
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 1,315
1646 - 1683
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 1,316
1754 - 1785
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 1,317
Among writers born in France, Joseph Bédier ranks 165. Before him are Marcel Pagnol (1895), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Pierre Larousse (1817), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), and Joachim du Bellay (1522). After him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), Michel Tournier (1924), Jean Giono (1895), and Alain-Fournier (1886).
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 159
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 160
1882 - 1944
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 161
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 162
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 163
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