1675 - 1755
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, GE (French pronunciation: [lwi də ʁuvʁwa]; 16 January 1675 – 2 March 1755), was a French soldier, diplomat, and memoirist. He was born in Paris at the Hôtel Selvois, 6 rue Taranne (demolished in 1876 to make way for the Boulevard Saint-Germain). The family's ducal peerage (duché-pairie), granted in 1635 to his father Claude de Rouvroy (1608–1693), served as both perspective and theme in Saint-Simon's life and writings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon has received more than 216,397 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon is the 1,176th most popular writer (up from 1,229th in 2019), the 1,359th most popular biography from France (up from 1,378th in 2019) and the 174th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 1,176 out of 5,755. Before him are Theodor Storm, Léon Bloy, Elsa Triolet, Sophia Tolstaya, Léon Werth, and Adolfo Bioy Casares. After him are Chinua Achebe, Arthur Hailey, Matteo Bandello, Tove Ditlevsen, Antarah ibn Shaddad, and Kassia.
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,170
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,171
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,172
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,173
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,174
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,175
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 1,176
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 1,177
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,178
1484 - 1561
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,179
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,180
525 - 615
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,181
810 - 865
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 1,182
Among people born in 1675, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict XIV and Emperor Higashiyama. After him are Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Tarabai, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, William Jones, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Samuel Clarke, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Guillaume Delisle. Among people deceased in 1755, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 3. Before him are Montesquieu and Gerard Majella. After him are Francesco Durante, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Johann Georg Gmelin, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Pisendel, Philipp Stamma, Stepan Krasheninnikov, and Edward Braddock.
1675 - 1758
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 1
1675 - 1710
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 2
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3
1675 - 1742
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 4
1675 - 1761
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5
1675 - 1747
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6
1675 - 1749
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 7
1675 - 1737
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 8
1675 - 1733
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 9
1675 - 1729
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 10
1675 - 1713
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 11
1675 - 1726
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 12
1689 - 1755
HPI: 85.71
Rank: 1
1726 - 1755
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 2
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3
1684 - 1755
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4
1689 - 1755
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 5
1682 - 1755
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 6
1709 - 1755
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7
1686 - 1755
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 8
1687 - 1755
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 9
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 10
1711 - 1755
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 11
1695 - 1755
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 1,359 out of 6,011. Before him are Léon Bloy (1846), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), André de Montbard (1103), Louise de Marillac (1591), Léon Werth (1878), and Jules Chéret (1836). After him are Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), Albert Marquet (1875), Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), Isabella of Valois (1389), André Lhote (1885), and Heinz Harmel (1906).
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,353
1764 - 1841
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,354
1103 - 1156
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,355
1591 - 1660
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,356
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,357
1836 - 1932
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,358
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 1,359
1761 - 1804
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,360
1875 - 1947
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,361
1725 - 1793
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,362
1389 - 1409
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 1,363
1885 - 1962
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 1,364
1906 - 2000
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 1,365
Among writers born in France, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon ranks 174. Before him are Paul Scarron (1610), Michel Tournier (1924), Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), and Léon Werth (1878). After him are Henri Murger (1822), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Paul Bourget (1852), Roger Caillois (1913), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and Vivant Denon (1747).
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
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