1945 - 2018
Joël Robuchon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl ʁɔbyʃɔ̃], 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976. He published several cookbooks, two of which have been translated into English, chaired the committee for the Larousse Gastronomique, and hosted culinary television shows in France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joël Robuchon has received more than 1,913,951 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Joël Robuchon is the 2nd most popular chef, the 1,136th most popular biography from France (up from 1,669th in 2019) and the most popular French Chef.
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Among chefs, Joël Robuchon ranks 2 out of 7. Before him are Marcus Gavius Apicius. After him are Julia Child, Gordon Ramsay, Marie Harel, Alain Ducasse, Charles Joughin, Ferran Adrià, Jamie Oliver, René Redzepi, Floyd Cardoz, and Rachael Ray.
25 BC - 37
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 1
1945 - 2018
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 2
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 4
1761 - 1844
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 5
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 6
1878 - 1956
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 8
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 9
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 10
1960 - 2020
HPI: 29.31
Rank: 11
1968 - Present
HPI: 25.86
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1945, Joël Robuchon ranks 59. Before him are José Feliciano, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ernie Hudson, Nikita Mikhalkov, Carmen Maura, and Bryan Ferry. After him are Phil Jackson, Dirk Benedict, Bubba Smith, Pete Townshend, Dennis Rader, and Joseph Kosuth. Among people deceased in 2018, Joël Robuchon ranks 48. Before him are Riccardo Giacconi, Burton Richter, Jens Christian Skou, Milena Dravić, Claude Lanzmann, and Günter Blobel. After him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Paul D. Boyer, Scott Wilson, Reynaldo Bignone, Gérard Genette, and Dolores O'Riordan.
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 53
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 54
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 55
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 56
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 57
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 58
1945 - 2018
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 59
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 60
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 61
1945 - 2011
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 63
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 64
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 65
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 42
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 43
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 44
1940 - 2018
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 45
1925 - 2018
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 46
1936 - 2018
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 47
1945 - 2018
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 48
1943 - 2018
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 49
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 50
1942 - 2018
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 51
1928 - 2018
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 52
1930 - 2018
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 53
1971 - 2018
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 54
Among people born in France, Joël Robuchon ranks 1,136 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Fromental Halévy (1799), Capucine (1928), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Yves Tanguy (1900), and Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862). After him are André Maginot (1877), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Pierre Mignard (1612), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Paulinus of Nola (354), and Tancred of Hauteville (980).
1803 - 1857
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,130
1799 - 1862
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,131
1928 - 1990
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,132
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,133
1900 - 1955
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,134
1862 - 1926
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1,135
1945 - 2018
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1,136
1877 - 1932
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,137
1943 - 2018
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,138
1612 - 1695
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,139
1770 - 1826
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,140
354 - 431
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,141
980 - 1041
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 1,142
Among chefs born in France, Joël Robuchon ranks 1. After him are Marie Harel (1761) and Alain Ducasse (1956).
1945 - 2018
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1
1761 - 1844
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 3