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Jules Romains

1885 - 1972

Jules Romains

Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jules Romains has received more than 132,935 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jules Romains is the 1,720th most popular writer (down from 1,540th in 2019), the 1,949th most popular biography from France (down from 1,718th in 2019) and the 244th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

130k
Page Views (PV)
56.42
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
34
Languages Editions (L)
3.77
Effective Languages (L*)
3.93
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jules Romains ranks 1,720 out of 5,755. Before him are Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Guillaume de Lorris, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Clark Ashton Smith, Hannah Szenes, and Symeon the Metaphrast. After him are José Carlos Mariátegui, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Arthur Machen, Dexippus, Sæmundr fróði, and Cristóbal de Morales.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,714
Guillaume de Lorris
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,715
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
1876 - 1938
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,716
Clark Ashton Smith
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,717
Hannah Szenes
1921 - 1944
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,718
Symeon the Metaphrast
900 - 987
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,719
Jules Romains
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,720
José Carlos Mariátegui
1894 - 1930
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,721
Hanns Heinz Ewers
1871 - 1943
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,722
Arthur Machen
1863 - 1947
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,723
Dexippus
210 - 278
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,724
Sæmundr fróði
1056 - 1133
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,725
Cristóbal de Morales
1600 - 1655
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,726

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jules Romains ranks 73. Before him are Khải Định, Frank Jack Fletcher, Soemu Toyoda, Egon Kisch, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. After him are Nikolai Krylenko, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Sydney Chaplin, Frank Knight, Friedrich Kellner, and Lev Rudnev. Among people deceased in 1972, Jules Romains ranks 61. Before him are Harlow Shapley, Matvei Zakharov, Stephen Timoshenko, Lester B. Pearson, Watchman Nee, and Prescott Bush. After him are C. Rajagopalachari, George Sanders, Chen Yi, William Dieterle, Alejandra Pizarnik, and Viktor Barna.

Others Born in 1885

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Khải Định
1885 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 67
Frank Jack Fletcher
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 68
Soemu Toyoda
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 69
Egon Kisch
1885 - 1948
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 70
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
1885 - 1970
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 71
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 72
Jules Romains
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 73
Nikolai Krylenko
1885 - 1938
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 74
Władysław Raczkiewicz
1885 - 1947
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 75
Sydney Chaplin
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 76
Frank Knight
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 77
Friedrich Kellner
1885 - 1970
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 78
Lev Rudnev
1885 - 1956
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 79