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Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1425

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Nicolas Flamel (French: [nikɔla flamɛl]; c. 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French écrivain public, a draftsman of public documents such as contracts, letters, agreements and requests. He and his wife also ran a school that taught this trade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Flamel has received more than 3,339,476 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Nicolas Flamel is the 165th most popular writer (down from 104th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from France (down from 110th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Writer.

Nicolas Flamel was a French alchemist who is most famous for creating the Philosopher's Stone.

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  • 77.65

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  • 45

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  • 9.10

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  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicolas Flamel ranks 165 out of 7,302. Before him are Terry Pratchett, Georges Simenon, Lucian, Heinrich Böll, Menander, and Cyrano de Bergerac. After him are Ivan Turgenev, H. G. Wells, Pindar, Yasunari Kawabata, Orhan Pamuk, and Karel Čapek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1330, Nicolas Flamel ranks 1. After him are Edward the Black Prince, Luo Guanzhong, Gongmin of Goryeo, Peter Parler, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Robert III of Scotland, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Altichiero, Lala Şahin Pasha, Francesc Eiximenis, and Radu I of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1425, Nicolas Flamel ranks 1. After him are Manuel II Palaiologos, Hongxi Emperor, Vasily I of Moscow, Jean de Béthencourt, Charles III of Navarre, Lorenzo Monaco, John III, Duke of Bavaria, Catherine of Burgundy, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Bonne of Artois, and Ashikaga Yoshikazu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Flamel ranks 195 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Bonaparte (1778), Saint Roch (1295), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Pope Benedict XII (1280), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1619). After him are Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Georges Cuvier (1769), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Erik Satie (1866), Guy of Lusignan (1150), and Charles the Bold (1433).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Nicolas Flamel ranks 36. Before him are François Villon (1431), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Petronius (27), Jean Racine (1639), Annie Ernaux (1940), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1619). After him are François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), André Breton (1896), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Maurice Leblanc (1864), and Pierre Corneille (1606).

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