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L'Inconnue de la Seine

1865 - 1885

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L'Inconnue de la Seine (lit. 'The Unknown Woman of the Seine') was an unidentified young woman whose putative death mask became a popular fixture on the walls of artists' homes after 1900. Her visage inspired numerous literary works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of L'Inconnue de la Seine has received more than 1,463,404 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). L'Inconnue de la Seine is the 4,316th most popular politician (down from 3,220th in 2019).

The l'inconnue de la seine is most famous for her identity. She was found in the Seine River in the 1800s and has never been identified.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, L'Inconnue de la Seine ranks 4,316 out of 19,576. Before her are Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Amin al-Hafiz, Henry McMahon, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, and Anwar Ibrahim. After her are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Eric XII of Sweden, Agis II, Harald Greycloak, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Jean-Claude Duvalier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, L'Inconnue de la Seine ranks 34. Before her are Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Valentin Serov, Gabriel Narutowicz, Rashid Rida, Mikao Usui, and John Mott. After her are Charles G. Dawes, Duan Qirui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Ernst Troeltsch, Nikola Zhekov, and Yvette Guilbert. Among people deceased in 1885, L'Inconnue de la Seine ranks 12. Before her are Carl Spitzweg, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Charles George Gordon, Iwasaki Yatarō, and Rosalía de Castro. After her are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Edmond François Valentin About, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Moses Montefiore, and Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre.

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