1870 - 1943
Maurice Denis (French: [dəni]; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist and writer, who was an important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art. He was associated with Les Nabis then the Symbolist movement, and then with a return to neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Denis has received more than 194,684 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Maurice Denis is the 739th most popular writer (up from 831st in 2019), the 844th most popular biography from France (up from 937th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular French Writer.
Maurice Denis was a French painter, who is most famous for his paintings of flowers.
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Among writers, Maurice Denis ranks 739 out of 5,794. Before him are Clarice Lispector, John Jacob Astor IV, Yanka Kupala, Muriel Spark, Hans Fallada, and Nikolai Ostrovsky. After him are Theodore the Studite, Viktor Shklovsky, Hugo Ball, Ali Shariati, Mahmoud Darwish, and Joseph Campbell.
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 733
1864 - 1912
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 734
1882 - 1942
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 735
1918 - 2006
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 736
1893 - 1947
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 737
1904 - 1936
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 738
1870 - 1943
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 739
759 - 826
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 740
1893 - 1984
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 741
1886 - 1927
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 742
1933 - 1977
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 743
1941 - 2008
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 744
1904 - 1987
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 745
Among people born in 1870, Maurice Denis ranks 19. Before him are Lavr Kornilov, Ivan Bunin, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Karl Renner, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. After him are Gustav Bauer, Josef Hoffmann, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Pierre Louÿs, Clara Immerwahr, and D. T. Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1943, Maurice Denis ranks 24. Before him are Chaim Soutine, Luz Long, Alexandre Millerand, Max Wertheimer, Władysław Sikorski, and Gustav Vigeland. After him are Leslie Howard, Oskar Schlemmer, Lydia Litvyak, Etty Hillesum, Julius Fučík, and Max Reinhardt.
1870 - 1918
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 13
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 14
1870 - 1949
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 15
1870 - 1950
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 16
1870 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 17
1870 - 1964
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 18
1870 - 1943
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 19
1870 - 1944
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 20
1870 - 1956
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 21
1870 - 1899
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 22
1870 - 1925
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 23
1870 - 1915
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 24
1870 - 1966
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 25
1893 - 1943
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 18
1913 - 1943
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 19
1859 - 1943
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 20
1880 - 1943
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 21
1881 - 1943
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 22
1869 - 1943
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 23
1870 - 1943
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 24
1893 - 1943
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 25
1888 - 1943
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 26
1921 - 1943
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 27
1914 - 1943
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 28
1903 - 1943
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 29
1873 - 1943
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 30
Among people born in France, Maurice Denis ranks 844 out of 5,234. Before him are Marina Vlady (1938), Charles Garnier (1825), Guntram (532), Renée of France (1510), Paul Reynaud (1878), and Fredegund (545). After him are David Guetta (1967), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Ariovistus (-101), and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143).
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 838
1825 - 1898
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 839
532 - 592
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 840
1510 - 1574
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 841
1878 - 1966
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 842
545 - 597
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 843
1870 - 1943
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 844
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 845
1162 - 1214
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 846
1754 - 1793
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 847
1732 - 1807
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 848
101 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 849
1143 - 1184
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 850
Among writers born in France, Maurice Denis ranks 123. Before him are Madame Roland (1754), Pierre Boulle (1912), Maurice Druon (1918), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Max Jacob (1876), and Jean de La Bruyère (1645). After him are Philippe Ariès (1914), Antoine Galland (1646), Georges Bernanos (1888), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), and Heinrich Kramer (1430).
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 117
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 118
1918 - 2009
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 119
1797 - 1863
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 120
1876 - 1944
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 121
1645 - 1696
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 122
1870 - 1943
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 123
1914 - 1984
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 124
1646 - 1715
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 125
1888 - 1948
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 126
1822 - 1896
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 127
1657 - 1757
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 128
1430 - 1505
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 129