1721 - 1764
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, French: [pɔ̃paduʁ] (listen); 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death.Pompadour took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies. She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives, and built a network of clients and supporters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame de Pompadour has received more than 2,579,259 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Madame de Pompadour is the 14th most popular companion (down from 10th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from France (down from 99th in 2019) and the most popular French Companion.
Madame de Pompadour was most famous for being the mistress of King Louis XV.
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Among companions, Madame de Pompadour ranks 14 out of 687. Before her are Fatimah, Empress Joséphine, Eva Braun, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. After her are Mihrimah Sultan, Mary Boleyn, Roxana, Lucretia, Nefertari, and Ankhesenamun.
604 - 632
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 8
1763 - 1814
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 9
1912 - 1945
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 10
556 - 619
HPI: 83.06
Rank: 11
1791 - 1847
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 12
1929 - 1994
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 13
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 14
1522 - 1578
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 15
1499 - 1543
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 16
347 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 17
600 BC - 509 BC
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 18
1290 BC - 1255 BC
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 19
1347 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1721, Madame de Pompadour ranks 1. After her are Bernardo Bellotto, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Johann Kirnberger, Tobias Smollett, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Samuel von Brukenthal. Among people deceased in 1764, Madame de Pompadour ranks 1. After her are Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ivan VI of Russia, Christian Goldbach, William Hogarth, Pietro Locatelli, Johann Mattheson, Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and Francesco Algarotti.
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 1
1721 - 1780
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 2
1721 - 1774
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 3
1721 - 1765
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 4
1721 - 1773
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 5
1721 - 1794
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 6
1721 - 1792
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 7
1721 - 1794
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 8
1721 - 1783
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 9
1721 - 1771
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 10
1721 - 1794
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 11
1721 - 1803
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 12
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 1
1683 - 1764
HPI: 80.71
Rank: 2
1740 - 1764
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 3
1690 - 1764
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 4
1697 - 1764
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 5
1695 - 1764
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 6
1681 - 1764
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 7
1697 - 1764
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 8
1697 - 1764
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 9
1698 - 1764
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 10
1720 - 1764
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 11
1712 - 1764
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Madame de Pompadour ranks 117 out of 5,234. Before her are Charles VII of France (1403), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Georges Danton (1759), François Villon (1431), Nicolas Flamel (1330), and Joseph Fourier (1768). After her are Jacques Lacan (1901), Philippe Pétain (1856), Anatole France (1844), Louis XVII of France (1785), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), and Georges Braque (1882).
1403 - 1461
HPI: 82.25
Rank: 111
1708 - 1765
HPI: 82.23
Rank: 112
1759 - 1794
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 113
1431 - 1463
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 114
1330 - 1425
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 115
1768 - 1830
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 116
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 117
1901 - 1981
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 118
1856 - 1951
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 119
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 120
1785 - 1795
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 121
1824 - 1895
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 122
1882 - 1963
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 123
Among companions born in France, Madame de Pompadour ranks 1. After her are Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Madame du Barry (1743), Isabella of France (1295), Claude of France (1499), Désirée Clary (1777), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Brigitte Macron (1953), and Henrietta Maria of France (1609).
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 1
1635 - 1719
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 2
1768 - 1844
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 3
1545 - 1568
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 4
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 5
1295 - 1358
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 6
1499 - 1524
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 7
1777 - 1860
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 8
1783 - 1837
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 9
1290 - 1315
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 11
1609 - 1669
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 12