1854 - 1907
Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, better known by the pen name Léo Taxil (French: [leo taksil]; March 21, 1854 – March 31, 1907), was a French writer and journalist who became known for his strong anti-Catholic and anti-clerical views. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léo Taxil has received more than 167,445 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Léo Taxil is the 1,426th most popular writer (down from 1,375th in 2019), the 1,630th most popular biography from France (down from 1,523rd in 2019) and the 206th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Léo Taxil ranks 1,426 out of 5,755. Before him are Siegfried Lenz, Joseph Needham, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, and Blaise de Vigenère. After him are James Murray, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Paul Rée, Maurice Barrès, Sima Xiangru, and Arnold van Gennep.
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,420
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,421
1798 - 1874
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,422
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,423
912 - 966
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,424
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,425
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,426
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,427
1825 - 1895
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,428
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,429
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,430
179 BC - 117 BC
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,431
1873 - 1957
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,432
Among people born in 1854, Léo Taxil ranks 27. Before him are Albert Edelfelt, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Salomon August Andrée, Georg Kerschensteiner, and Alfredo Catalani. After him are Hubert Lyautey, Alphonse Allais, Yan Fu, Otto Sverdrup, Charles Algernon Parsons, and John Philip Sousa. Among people deceased in 1907, Léo Taxil ranks 27. Before him are William Henry Perkin, Ilia Chavchavadze, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Carola of Vasa, Henry Steel Olcott, and Qiu Jin. After him are Kurmanjan Datka, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre Janssen, Stanisław Wyspiański, Hermann Carl Vogel, and Konstantin Pobedonostsev.
1854 - 1905
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 21
1854 - 1921
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 22
1854 - 1934
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 23
1854 - 1897
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 24
1854 - 1932
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 25
1854 - 1893
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 26
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 27
1854 - 1934
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 28
1854 - 1905
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 29
1854 - 1921
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 30
1854 - 1930
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 31
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 32
1854 - 1932
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 33
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 21
1837 - 1907
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 22
1876 - 1907
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 23
1833 - 1907
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 24
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 25
1875 - 1907
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 26
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 27
1811 - 1907
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 28
1818 - 1907
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 29
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 30
1869 - 1907
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 31
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 32
1827 - 1907
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 33
Among people born in France, Léo Taxil ranks 1,630 out of 6,011. Before him are Peter Faber (1506), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Yves Congar (1904), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Paloma Picasso (1949). After him are Miou-Miou (1950), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Maurice Barrès (1862), and Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692).
1506 - 1545
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,624
1946 - 2022
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,625
1904 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,626
1777 - 1847
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,627
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,628
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 1,629
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,630
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,631
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,632
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,633
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,634
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,635
1692 - 1730
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,636
Among writers born in France, Léo Taxil ranks 206. Before him are Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Louise Labé (1524), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), and Blaise de Vigenère (1523). After him are Maurice Barrès (1862), Georges Feydeau (1862), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Jean Chapelain (1595), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), and Michel Verne (1861).
1520 - 1595
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 200
1808 - 1889
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 201
1552 - 1630
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 202
1524 - 1566
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 203
1715 - 1747
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 204
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 205
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 206
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 207
1862 - 1921
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 208
1059 - 1127
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 209
1595 - 1674
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 210
1758 - 1838
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 211
1861 - 1925
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 212