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Marie Harel

1761 - 1844

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Marie Harel (born Marie Catherine Fontaine; April 28, 1761 – November 9, 1844) was a French cheesemaker, who, along with Abbot Charles-Jean Bonvoust, invented Camembert cheese, according to local legend. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Harel has received more than 424,033 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Harel is the 5th most popular chef (up from 8,668th in 2019), the 2,081st most popular biography from France (up from 2,630th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Chef.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEFS

Among chefs, Marie Harel ranks 5 out of 7Before her are Marcus Gavius Apicius, Joël Robuchon, Julia Child, and Gordon Ramsay. After her are Alain Ducasse, Charles Joughin, Ferran Adrià, Jamie Oliver, René Redzepi, Floyd Cardoz, and Rachael Ray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Marie Harel ranks 15Before her are August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Antoine Barnave, Sineperver Sultan, José, Prince of Brazil, and Smithson Tennant. After her are Louis-Léopold Boilly, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Louis Pons, Marguerite Gérard, François Hanriot, and Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1844, Marie Harel ranks 19Before her are Flora Tristan, Jernej Kopitar, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Henri Gatien Bertrand, and Princess Cecilia of Sweden. After her are Francis Baily, William Beckford, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Johannes van den Bosch, Jacques Laffitte, and Alexander von Benckendorff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie Harel ranks 2,081 out of 6,011Before her are Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197), Michel Zevaco (1860), André Claveau (1911), René Fonck (1894), Germanus of Auxerre (378), and Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757). After her are Étienne Dolet (1509), Tristan Corbière (1845), Samir Nasri (1987), Carolus-Duran (1837), Jean Picard (1620), and Henry of Flanders (1174).

Among CHEFS In France

Among chefs born in France, Marie Harel ranks 2Before her are Joël Robuchon (1945). After her are Alain Ducasse (1956).