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Madame Clicquot Ponsardin

1777 - 1866

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Madame Clicquot (French: [madam kliko]), (née Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin French: [baʁb nikɔl pɔ̃saʁdɛ̃]; 16 December 1777 – 29 July 1866), also known as Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, Widow Clicquot, Veuve Clicquot, and the Grande Dame of Champagne, was a French Champagne producer. She took on her husband's wine business when widowed at 27. Under her ownership, and her skill with wine, the company developed early Champagne using a novel technique. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame Clicquot Ponsardin has received more than 517,187 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Madame Clicquot Ponsardin is the 275th most popular businessperson, the 2,684th most popular biography from France and the 18th most popular French Businessperson.

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  • 60.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin ranks 275 out of 847. Before her are Bob Iger, Jack Welch, Pavel Tretyakov, Robert Nobel, Theo Albrecht, and Friedrich Bayer. After her are Herbert Hainer, Melinda Gates, Hetty Green, Arkady Rotenberg, Leonardo Del Vecchio, and Mino Raiola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin ranks 28. Before her are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Lorenzo Bartolini, John Ross, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, William II, Elector of Hesse, and Heinrich Marx. After her are Aleksander Orłowski, Christian Daniel Rauch, William Brown, Hyacinth, Casimir Pierre Périer, and Heinrich Rudolf Schinz. Among people deceased in 1866, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin ranks 18. Before her are Friedrich Rückert, Paul Gavarni, Thomas Hodgkin, Rikard Nordraak, Winfield Scott, and Alexander von Nordmann. After her are George Ord, Massimo d'Azeglio, Nadezhda Durova, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, and Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin ranks 2,684 out of 6,770. Before her are Henri Gervex (1852), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Peter John Olivi (1248), Dominique Lapierre (1931), and Philippe de Mornay (1549). After her are Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Ado of Vienne (800), Aurore Clément (1945), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), Pōmare IV (1813), and Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency (1595).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin ranks 18. Before her are Louis Réard (1897), Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Guy de Rothschild (1909), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), and Yves Rocher (1930). After her are Charles Pathé (1863), Albert Kahn (1860), François Coty (1874), Serge Dassault (1925), Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798), and Thierry Breton (1955).

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