1946 - Today
Matthieu Ricard (French pronunciation: [matjø ʁikaʁ]; Nepali: माथ्यु रिका, born 15 February 1946) is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. Matthieu Ricard grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a PhD degree in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthieu Ricard has received more than 622,594 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Matthieu Ricard is the 2,093rd most popular writer (up from 2,287th in 2019), the 2,351st most popular biography from France (up from 2,412th in 2019) and the 299th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Matthieu Ricard ranks 2,093 out of 5,755. Before him are Hermas, José Zorrilla, Sébastien Japrisot, Georges Ohnet, Flannery O'Connor, and James Hilton. After him are Arne Garborg, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, David Lodge, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Vasyl Stus, and Nihal Atsız.
150 - 150
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 2,087
1817 - 1893
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 2,088
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 2,089
1848 - 1918
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 2,090
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,091
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,092
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,093
1851 - 1924
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,094
1858 - 1943
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,095
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,096
1889 - 1929
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,097
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,098
1905 - 1975
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,099
Among people born in 1946, Matthieu Ricard ranks 184. Before him are Toktar Aubakirov, Ralf Hütter, Penelope Wilton, Abdul Ali Mazari, Bernd Hölzenbein, and Claire Denis. After him are Stephen Rea, Héctor Babenco, Sven Nordqvist, Fernando Filoni, Joanna Lumley, and Héctor Lavoe.
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 178
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 179
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 180
1946 - 1995
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 181
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 182
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 183
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 184
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 185
1946 - 2016
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 186
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 187
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 188
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 189
1946 - 1993
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 190
Among people born in France, Matthieu Ricard ranks 2,351 out of 6,011. Before him are Henri Mouhot (1826), Élisabeth Depardieu (1941), Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1838), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), André Tardieu (1876), and Marie of the Incarnation (1566). After him are Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1191), Peter John Olivi (1248), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Germain Pilon (1525), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and Marina Ginestà (1919).
1826 - 1861
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,345
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,346
1838 - 1917
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,347
1813 - 1854
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,348
1876 - 1945
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,349
1566 - 1618
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,350
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,351
1191 - 1250
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,352
1248 - 1298
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,353
1017 - 1076
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,354
1525 - 1590
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,355
1770 - 1847
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,356
1919 - 2014
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,357
Among writers born in France, Matthieu Ricard ranks 299. Before him are Fred Vargas (1957), Auguste Maquet (1813), Bernard Palissy (1510), Nicholas Rémy (1530), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), and Georges Ohnet (1848). After him are Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean Paulhan (1884), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), and Elena Poniatowska (1932).
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 293
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 294
1510 - 1589
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 295
1530 - 1612
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 296
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 297
1848 - 1918
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 298
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 299
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 300
1713 - 1796
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 301
1884 - 1968
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 302
1794 - 1881
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 303
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 304
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 305