New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

CELEBRITY

Marie Duplessis

1824 - 1847

Photo of Marie Duplessis

Icon of person Marie Duplessis

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 290,387 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Marie Duplessis is the 23rd most popular celebrity (up from 29th in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from France (up from 1,197th in 2019) and the 3rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marie Duplesses by language


Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Marie Duplessis ranks 23 out of 181. Before her are Philippe Petit, Anna Anderson, Rosalia Lombardo, Margaret Brown, Dodi Fayed, and Sarah Knauss. After her are Peggy Guggenheim, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Don King, Rodney King, Jacques Mayol, and Mary Mallon.

Most Popular Celebrities in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Marie Duplessis ranks 11. Before her are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Maria Alexandrovna, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugène Boudin, Paul Broca, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. After her are Wilkie Collins, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Stonewall Jackson, Carl Reinecke, Dayananda Saraswati, and William Huggins. 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 John Franklin. After her are Jules de Polignac, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Maria Schicklgruber, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, and Alexandre Brongniart.

Others Born in 1824

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1847

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Marie Duplessis ranks 967 out of 6,011. Before her are Pierre Brice (1929), Adela of Champagne (1140), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Louise of Lorraine (1553), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), and Marcellin Berthelot (1827). After her are Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), La Voisin (1640), François Cevert (1944), and Armand Fallières (1841).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Marie Duplessis ranks 3. Before her are Jeanne Calment (1875) and Philippe Petit (1949). After her are Blanche Monnier (1849), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Joseph Meister (1876), Denise Perrier (1935), Michel Lotito (1950), Sébastien Foucan (1974), Iris Mittenaere (1993), and Alexandra Rosenfeld (1986).

French born Celebrities

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL