1636 - 1711
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (French: [nikɔla bwalo depʁeo]; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (UK: , US: ), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux has received more than 201,929 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux is the 459th most popular writer (down from 436th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from France (down from 499th in 2019) and the 80th most popular French Writer.
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux is most famous for his poem "The Art of Poetry," which was published in 1674.
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Among writers, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 459 out of 5,755. Before him are Athenaeus, Anaïs Nin, Salman Rushdie, Frances Hodgson Burnett, William of Rubruck, and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. After him are Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vasily Grossman, Wu Cheng'en, Enheduanna, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Henry IV of Castile.
200 - 223
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 453
1903 - 1977
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 454
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 455
1849 - 1924
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 456
1220 - 1293
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 457
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 458
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 459
400 - 450
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 460
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 461
1500 - 1582
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 462
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 463
1906 - 2001
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 464
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 465
Among people born in 1636, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Edward Colston, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. Among people deceased in 1711, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 3. Before him are Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and Louis, Grand Dauphin. After him are John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Louis-François de Boufflers, Maria Amalia of Courland, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Vladimir Atlasov, Joseph Vaz, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, and Eusebio Kino.
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 1
1636 - 1679
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2
1636 - 1676
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 3
1636 - 1715
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 4
1636 - 1657
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 5
1636 - 1672
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 6
1636 - 1689
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 7
1636 - 1695
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 8
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 9
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 10
1636 - 1708
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 11
1636 - 1716
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 12
1678 - 1711
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 1
1661 - 1711
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 2
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 3
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 4
1692 - 1711
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 5
1644 - 1711
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 6
1653 - 1711
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 7
1660 - 1711
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 8
1661 - 1711
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 9
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 10
1648 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 11
1645 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 541 out of 6,011. Before him are William of Rubruck (1220), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Rashi (1040), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Joseph Black (1728), and Charles II of Navarre (1332). After him are Avitus (395), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), René of Anjou (1409), Carus (230), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), and Elisa Bonaparte (1777).
1220 - 1293
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 535
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 536
1040 - 1105
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 537
1071 - 1127
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 538
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 539
1332 - 1387
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 540
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 541
395 - 457
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 542
1608 - 1660
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 543
1409 - 1480
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 544
230 - 283
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 545
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 546
1777 - 1820
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 547
Among writers born in France, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 80. Before him are Patrick Modiano (1945), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Ève Curie (1904), Anaïs Nin (1903), William of Rubruck (1220), and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627). After him are René Guénon (1886), Jacques Hébert (1757), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), Gaston Leroux (1868), and Alfred de Musset (1810).
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 74
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 75
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 76
1903 - 1977
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 77
1220 - 1293
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 78
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 79
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 80
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 81
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 82
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 83
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 84
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 85
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 86