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Marie Duplessis

1824 - 1847

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Marie Duplessis (born Alphonsine Rose Plessis; 15 January 1824 – 3 February 1847) was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the younger, one of Duplessis' lovers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Duplessis has received more than 312,182 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Marie Duplessis is the 27th most popular celebrity (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from France (down from 964th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Celebrity.

Marie Duplessis was a French courtesan in 19th century Paris. She is most famous for her role in the novel "Belle du Seigneur" by Albert Cohen.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Marie Duplessis ranks 27 out of 265. Before her are Black Dahlia, Anna Anderson, Rosalia Lombardo, Kim Kardashian, Myrtle Corbin, and Mehran Karimi Nasseri. After her are Margaret Brown, Peggy Guggenheim, Thérésa Tallien, Keke Geladze, Besarion Jughashvili, and Blanche Monnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Marie Duplessis ranks 13. Before her are Jean-Léon Gérôme, Maria Alexandrovna, Paul Broca, Pierre Janssen, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Wilkie Collins. After her are Carl Reinecke, Dayananda Saraswati, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Stonewall Jackson, William Huggins, and Princess Francisca of Brazil. Among people deceased in 1847, Marie Duplessis ranks 9. Before her are Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Fanny Mendelssohn, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Mary Anning, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, and Jules de Polignac. After her are John Franklin, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Eugénie de Beauharnais, Alexandre Brongniart, and Maria Schicklgruber.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie Duplessis ranks 1,048 out of 6,770. Before her are Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1696), Émile Borel (1871), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Henri Lebesgue (1875), and Danielle Darrieux (1917). After her are Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Jean Gerson (1363), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Judith of Bavaria (797), Albert Marquet (1875), and Marcellin Berthelot (1827).

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Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Marie Duplessis ranks 2. Before her are Jeanne Calment (1875). After her are Blanche Monnier (1849), Philippe Petit (1949), Joseph Meister (1876), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Nicolas Chopin (1771), Denise Perrier (1935), Michel Lotito (1950), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Sébastien Foucan (1974), and Iris Mittenaere (1993).

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