Writer

Michiel de Swaen

southern Dutch playwright and poet

1654 - 1707

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Michiel de Swaen

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Michiel de Swaen is the 5,101st most popular writer (up from 5,549th in 2024), the 4,603rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,783rd in 2019) and the 577th most popular French Writer.

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#57,558

More than 3 centuries after death, Michiel de Swaen still holds rank #57,558 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Michiel de Swaen shares a January 20 birthday with André-Marie Ampère, David Lynch, and Federico Fellini.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Michiel de Swaen ranks 5,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasily Yan, George du Maurier, Amitav Ghosh, Takeshi Shudo, Linda Grant, and Miyamoto Yuriko. After him are Joseph Wambaugh, Alan Woods, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Gesualdo Bufalino, and Gabriel Miró.

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Rank: 5,101
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HPI: 55.51
Rank: 5,106
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HPI: 55.51
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Michiel de Swaen ranks 17. Before him are Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Danylo Apostol, Vincent Lübeck, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, and Jakob Abbadie. After him is Herman Moll. Among people deceased in 1707, Michiel de Swaen ranks 25. Before him are Adriaen Coorte, Zheng Keshuang, Dositheus II of Jerusalem, Maria Clara Eimmart, Marie de Nemours, and Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. After him is George Farquhar.

Others Born in 1654

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Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
ARCHITECT
1654 - 1728
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 11
Danylo Apostol
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1654 - 1734
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 12
Vincent Lübeck
COMPOSER
1654 - 1740
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 13
John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
POLITICIAN
1654 - 1686
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 14
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
PHYSICIAN
1654 - 1720
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 15
Jakob Abbadie
WRITER
1654 - 1727
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 16
Michiel de Swaen
WRITER
1654 - 1707
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 17
Herman Moll
GEOGRAPHER
1654 - 1732
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 18

Others Deceased in 1707

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Adriaen Coorte
PAINTER
1665 - 1707
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 19
Zheng Keshuang
POLITICIAN
1670 - 1707
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 20
Dositheus II of Jerusalem
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1641 - 1707
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 21
Maria Clara Eimmart
ASTRONOMER
1676 - 1707
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 22
Marie de Nemours
NOBLEMAN
1625 - 1707
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 23
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
POLITICIAN
1653 - 1707
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 24
Michiel de Swaen
WRITER
1654 - 1707
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 25
George Farquhar
WRITER
1677 - 1707
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 26