1878 - 1955
Léon Werth (17 February 1878, Remiremont, Vosges – 13 December 1955, Paris) was a French writer and art critic, a friend of Octave Mirbeau and a close friend and confidant of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Werth has received more than 157,040 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Léon Werth is the 1,174th most popular writer (up from 1,347th in 2019), the 1,357th most popular biography from France (up from 1,484th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Léon Werth ranks 1,174 out of 5,755. Before him are Jernej Kopitar, Alain-Fournier, Theodor Storm, Léon Bloy, Elsa Triolet, and Sophia Tolstaya. After him are Adolfo Bioy Casares, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Chinua Achebe, Arthur Hailey, Matteo Bandello, and Tove Ditlevsen.
1780 - 1844
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,168
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,169
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
Among people born in 1878, Léon Werth ranks 31. Before him are Eileen Gray, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Elizabeth Arden, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Arthur Scherbius, and P. D. Ouspensky. After him are Marcel Grossmann, Jan Łukasiewicz, George Whipple, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Georg Kaiser, and Clemens August Graf von Galen. Among people deceased in 1955, Léon Werth ranks 40. Before him are Mihály Károlyi, Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, and Alexandros Papagos. After him are Pierre Levegh, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Theda Bara, Max Pechstein, Nicolas de Staël, and Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria.
1878 - 1976
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 25
1878 - 1966
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 26
1878 - 1966
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 27
1878 - 1960
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 28
1878 - 1929
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 29
1878 - 1947
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 30
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 31
1878 - 1936
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 32
1878 - 1956
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 33
1878 - 1976
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 34
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 35
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 36
1878 - 1946
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 37
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 34
1900 - 1955
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 35
1886 - 1955
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 36
1876 - 1955
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 37
1872 - 1955
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 38
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 39
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 40
1905 - 1955
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 41
1869 - 1955
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 42
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 43
1881 - 1955
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 44
1914 - 1955
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 45
1870 - 1955
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 46
Among people born in France, Léon Werth ranks 1,357 out of 6,011. Before him are Alain de Benoist (1943), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Léon Bloy (1846), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), André de Montbard (1103), and Louise de Marillac (1591). After him are Jules Chéret (1836), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), Albert Marquet (1875), Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), and Isabella of Valois (1389).
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,351
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,352
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
Among writers born in France, Léon Werth ranks 173. Before him are Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), Michel Tournier (1924), Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), and Léon Bloy (1846). After him are Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Henri Murger (1822), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Paul Bourget (1852), Roger Caillois (1913), and Pierre de Marivaux (1688).
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 167
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