1895 - 1974
Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also US: pah-NYAWL; French: [maʁsɛl pɔl paɲɔl]; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Pagnol has received more than 487,627 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Marcel Pagnol is the 1,070th most popular writer (down from 999th in 2019), the 1,246th most popular biography from France (down from 1,131st in 2019) and the 159th most popular French Writer.
Marcel Pagnol is most famous for his play "Marcel Pagnol's The Baker's Wife" and his novels "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring."
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Among writers, Marcel Pagnol ranks 1,070 out of 5,755. Before him are Cormac McCarthy, Kazi Nazrul Islam, W. H. Auden, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Madeleine de Scudéry, and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. After him are Sulpicius Severus, Mercè Rodoreda, Edith Wharton, Egeria, Cai Yan, and Sergey Mikhalkov.
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,064
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,065
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,066
64 BC - 8
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,067
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,068
1427 - 1482
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,069
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,070
360 - 420
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 1,071
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 1,072
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,073
310 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,074
177 - 250
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,075
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,076
Among people born in 1895, Marcel Pagnol ranks 69. Before him are Friedrich Jeckeln, Vinoba Bhave, Kurt Zeitzler, André Frédéric Cournand, Lewis Milestone, and Robert Graves. After him are Wilhelm Gustloff, B. H. Liddell Hart, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Lin Yutang, Walter Dornberger, and Jean Giono. Among people deceased in 1974, Marcel Pagnol ranks 33. Before him are Virginia Apgar, Walter Lippmann, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Zalman Shazar, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Hilda Gadea. After him are Cass Elliot, Patrick Blackett, Anatole Litvak, Franz Jonas, Frank Martin, and Walter Brennan.
1895 - 1946
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 63
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 64
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 65
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 66
1895 - 1980
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 67
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 68
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 69
1895 - 1936
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 70
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 71
1895 - 1966
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 72
1895 - 1976
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 73
1895 - 1980
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 75
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 28
1896 - 1974
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 29
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 31
1925 - 1974
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 32
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 33
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 34
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 35
1902 - 1974
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 36
1899 - 1974
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 37
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 38
1894 - 1974
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 39
Among people born in France, Marcel Pagnol ranks 1,246 out of 6,011. Before him are Cléo de Mérode (1875), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), and Marie Laurencin (1883). After him are Clément Janequin (1485), Armand Guillaumin (1841), Benedict of Aniane (750), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Maine de Biran (1766), and Lionel Jospin (1937).
1875 - 1966
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,240
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,241
1653 - 1734
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,242
971 - 1032
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,243
1753 - 1821
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,244
1883 - 1956
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,245
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,246
1485 - 1558
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 1,247
1841 - 1927
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 1,248
750 - 821
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 1,249
1239 - 1270
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,250
1766 - 1824
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,251
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,252
Among writers born in France, Marcel Pagnol ranks 159. Before him are Comtessa de Dia (1175), Julien Green (1900), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Adalberon (947), and Madeleine de Scudéry (1607). After him are Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Pierre Larousse (1817), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Joachim du Bellay (1522), and Joseph Bédier (1864).
1175 - 1225
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 153
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 154
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 155
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 156
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 157
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 158
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 159
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 160
1882 - 1944
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 161
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 162
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 163
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 164
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 165