1754 - 1793
Marie-Jeanne 'Manon' Roland de la Platière (Paris, March 17, 1754 – Paris, November 8, 1793), born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland, was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer. Initially she led a quiet and unremarkable life as a provincial intellectual with her husband, the economist Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. She became interested in politics only when the French Revolution broke out in 1789. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame Roland has received more than 268,724 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Madame Roland is the 692nd most popular writer (down from 669th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from France (down from 733rd in 2019) and the 117th most popular French Writer.
Madame Roland was a woman of the French Revolution who was executed for her involvement in the Revolution. She is most famous for her memoirs, which were published posthumously.
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Among writers, Madame Roland ranks 692 out of 5,794. Before her are Pietro Metastasio, Alain-René Lesage, Suman Pokhrel, John Bunyan, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Arto Paasilinna. After her are Pierre Boulle, Matilde Camus, Sayat-Nova, Gnaeus Naevius, Leo Africanus, and Claudian.
1698 - 1782
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 686
1668 - 1747
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 687
1967 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 688
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 689
1929 - 2018
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 690
1942 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 691
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 692
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 693
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 694
1712 - 1795
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 695
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 696
1494 - 1554
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 697
370 - 404
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 698
Among people born in 1754, Madame Roland ranks 6. Before her are Louis XVI of France, Paul I of Russia, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Seraphim of Sarov, and Joseph Proust. After her are Jacques Pierre Brissot, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Frederick I of Württemberg, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Georg Forster, and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. Among people deceased in 1793, Madame Roland ranks 10. Before her are Olympe de Gouges, Madame du Barry, Charlotte Corday, Carlo Goldoni, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Yolande de Polastron. After her are Jean Sylvain Bailly, Francesco Guardi, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Charles Bonnet, Alexander Roslin, and Antoine Barnave.
1754 - 1793
HPI: 88.73
Rank: 1
1754 - 1801
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 2
1754 - 1838
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 3
1754 - 1833
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 4
1754 - 1826
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 5
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 6
1754 - 1793
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 7
1754 - 1806
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 8
1754 - 1816
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 9
1754 - 1836
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 10
1754 - 1794
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 11
1754 - 1785
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 12
1748 - 1793
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 4
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 5
1768 - 1793
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 6
1707 - 1793
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 7
1747 - 1793
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 8
1749 - 1793
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 9
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 10
1736 - 1793
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 11
1712 - 1793
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 12
1754 - 1793
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 13
1720 - 1793
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 14
1718 - 1793
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 15
1761 - 1793
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Madame Roland ranks 777 out of 5,234. Before her are Girard Desargues (1591), Childebert III (678), Félix Guattari (1930), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), and Eric Cantona (1966). After her are Pierre Boulle (1912), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Judith of Bavaria (797), Philippa of Hainault (1314), and Maurice Chevalier (1888).
1591 - 1661
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 771
678 - 711
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 772
1930 - 1992
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 773
1651 - 1719
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 774
1659 - 1743
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 775
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 776
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 777
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 778
1902 - 1947
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 779
1150 - 1210
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 780
797 - 843
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 781
1314 - 1369
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 782
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 783
Among writers born in France, Madame Roland ranks 117. Before her are Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Frontinus (30), Marie de France (1101), Maurice Blanchot (1907), and Alain-René Lesage (1668). After her are Pierre Boulle (1912), Maurice Druon (1918), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Max Jacob (1876), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), and Maurice Denis (1870).
1135 - 1190
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 111
1755 - 1826
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 112
30 - 103
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 113
1101 - 1300
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 114
1907 - 2003
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 115
1668 - 1747
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 116
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 117
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 118
1918 - 2009
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 119
1797 - 1863
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 120
1876 - 1944
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 121
1645 - 1696
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 122
1870 - 1943
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 123