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Michel Roux

1941 - 2020

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Michel Roux, OBE ([mi.ʃɛl ʁu]; 19 April 1941 – 11 March 2020), also known as Michel Roux Snr., was a French chef and restaurateur working in Britain. Along with his brother Albert, he opened Le Gavroche, which subsequently became the first three Michelin starred restaurant in Britain and The Waterside Inn, which was the first restaurant outside France to hold three stars for 25 years. Roux followed his brother into becoming a pastry chef and again to England in order to open their first restaurant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Roux has received more than 1,382,682 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Michel Roux is the 662nd most popular businessperson (down from 633rd in 2019), the 5,137th most popular biography from France (down from 4,951st in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Businessperson.

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  • 42.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Michel Roux ranks 662 out of 847. Before him are Barry Diller, Heather Mills, Benjamin Vulliamy, Ton Roosendaal, Charles Saatchi, and Ginni Rometty. After him are Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Maki Kaji, Gina Rinehart, Kevin Systrom, Chris Hughes, and Carl Laemmle Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Michel Roux ranks 567. Before him are Robin Morgan, Jan Klapáč, Juan Olivares, Karlo Stipanić, Franco Menichelli, and Barbara Frischmuth. After him are Nicolás Fuentes, Marian Szeja, Tommy Kirk, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Vidin Apostolov, and Kenneth O. Hall. Among people deceased in 2020, Michel Roux ranks 660. Before him are Ahmad NikTalab, Touriya Jabrane, Pau Donés, James Flynn, Georg Volkert, and Hasan Muratović. After him are Michael Robinson, Bhanu Athaiya, Kumiko Okae, Gregory Areshian, Dawn Wells, and Rudi Hoffmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Roux ranks 5,137 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Delchambre (1875), Olivier Megaton (1965), Louise Bourgoin (1981), Angelique Boyer (1988), Lionel Charbonnier (1966), and René Bondoux (1905). After him are Stanislas Dehaene (1965), Éric Vuillard (1968), Éric Di Meco (1963), Agnès Callamard (1964), Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Rémi Garde (1966).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Michel Roux ranks 41. Before him are Eugène Lanti (1879), Pierre Omidyar (1967), Jean-Dominique Senard (1953), Jean-Paul Agon (1956), Athina Onassis (1985), and Philippe Kahn (1952). After him are Éric Boullier (1973), Cyril Abiteboul (1977), Benoît Potier (1957), and Jérôme Kerviel (1977).

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