1918 - 2009
Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Druon has received more than 252,946 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Maurice Druon is the 771st most popular writer (down from 699th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from France (down from 789th in 2019) and the 120th most popular French Writer.
Maurice Druon is most famous for his work as a French novelist and historian. He is best known for his series of novels collectively called Les Rois Maudits, which were published between 1955 and 1977.
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Among writers, Maurice Druon ranks 771 out of 5,755. Before him are Marie de France, Venantius Fortunatus, Cesare Pavese, George Steiner, Joseph of Anchieta, and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur. After him are André Chénier, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Sherwood Anderson, Philippe Ariès, Italo Svevo, and Nestor the Chronicler.
1101 - 1300
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 765
530 - 609
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 766
1908 - 1950
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 767
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 768
1534 - 1597
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 769
1603 - 1664
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 770
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 771
1762 - 1794
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 772
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 773
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 774
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 775
1861 - 1928
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 776
1056 - 1106
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 777
Among people born in 1918, Maurice Druon ranks 28. Before him are Billy Graham, Chaim Herzog, Rosalia Lombardo, Franco Modigliani, W. Eugene Smith, and Frederick Reines. After him are James Tobin, Ernst Otto Fischer, Muriel Spark, Kai Siegbahn, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, and Martin Ryle. Among people deceased in 2009, Maurice Druon ranks 20. Before him are Ted Kennedy, Omar Bongo, Les Paul, Robert McNamara, Vivian Maier, and Karl Malden. After him are Ralf Dahrendorf, Jean Dausset, Milorad Pavić, Jennifer Jones, Vitaly Ginzburg, and Bobby Robson.
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 22
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 23
1918 - 1920
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 24
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 25
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 26
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 27
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 28
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 29
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 30
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 31
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 32
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 33
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 34
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 14
1935 - 2009
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 15
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 16
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 17
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 18
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 19
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 20
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 21
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 22
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 23
1919 - 2009
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 24
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 25
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 26
Among people born in France, Maurice Druon ranks 911 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Claude Chappe (1763), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), and Antoine Arnauld (1612). After him are Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Philippe Ariès (1914), and Michael Lonsdale (1931).
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 905
1748 - 1836
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 906
1011 - 1076
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 907
1763 - 1805
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 908
1739 - 1823
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 909
1612 - 1694
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 910
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 911
1480 - 1504
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 912
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 913
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 914
1292 - 1330
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 915
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 916
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 917
Among writers born in France, Maurice Druon ranks 120. Before him are Jean Froissart (1337), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Marie de France (1101), and George Steiner (1929). After him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Philippe Ariès (1914), Juliette Récamier (1777), Max Jacob (1876), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), and Jean Anouilh (1910).
1337 - 1405
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 114
1728 - 1810
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 115
430 - 489
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 116
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 117
1101 - 1300
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 118
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 119
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 120
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 121
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 122
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 123
1876 - 1944
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 124
1626 - 1696
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 125
1910 - 1987
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 126