1748 - 1793
Olympe de Gouges (French: [ɔlɛ̃p də ɡuʒ] ; born Marie Gouze; 7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism. Born in southwestern France, de Gouges began her prolific career as a playwright in Paris in the 1780s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olympe de Gouges has received more than 1,454,678 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Olympe de Gouges is the 23rd most popular social activist (down from 21st in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from France (down from 213th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Social Activist.
Olympe de Gouges is most famous for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen.
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Among social activists, Olympe de Gouges ranks 23 out of 538. Before her are Robert Owen, Rosa Parks, Lady Godiva, Gustav I of Sweden, Peter Kropotkin, and Charlotte Corday. After her are Irena Sendler, Bertha von Suttner, Thomas Müntzer, Emiliano Zapata, Omar Mukhtar, and Martin Niemöller.
1771 - 1858
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 17
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 18
990 - 1067
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 19
1496 - 1560
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 20
1842 - 1921
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 21
1768 - 1793
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 22
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 23
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 24
1843 - 1914
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 25
1489 - 1525
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 26
1879 - 1919
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 27
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 28
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 29
Among people born in 1748, Olympe de Gouges ranks 3. Before her are Jacques-Louis David and Jeremy Bentham. After her are Charles IV of Spain, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Charles XIII of Sweden, Adam Weishaupt, Claude Louis Berthollet, William V, Prince of Orange, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Christian Gottlob Neefe, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš. Among people deceased in 1793, Olympe de Gouges ranks 6. Before her are Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI of France, Jean-Paul Marat, Charlotte Corday, and Madame du Barry. After her are Carlo Goldoni, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Francesco Guardi.
1748 - 1825
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 1
1748 - 1832
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 2
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 3
1748 - 1819
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 4
1748 - 1836
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 5
1748 - 1818
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 6
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 7
1748 - 1822
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 8
1748 - 1806
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 9
1748 - 1836
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 10
1748 - 1798
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 11
1748 - 1830
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 12
1755 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 1
1754 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 3
1768 - 1793
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 4
1743 - 1793
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 5
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 6
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 7
1747 - 1793
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 8
1749 - 1793
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 9
1736 - 1793
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 10
1754 - 1793
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 11
1712 - 1793
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Olympe de Gouges ranks 259 out of 6,011. Before her are Vincent de Paul (1581), Charles the Simple (879), Joseph Fouché (1759), Georges Cuvier (1769), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778). After her are Berthe Morisot (1841), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), Arsène Wenger (1949), Philip I of France (1052), Pope Callixtus II (1065), and Josquin des Prez (1450).
1581 - 1660
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 253
879 - 929
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 254
1759 - 1820
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 255
1769 - 1832
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 256
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 257
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 258
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 259
1841 - 1895
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 260
1684 - 1721
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 261
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 262
1052 - 1108
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 263
1065 - 1124
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 264
1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 265
Among social activists born in France, Olympe de Gouges ranks 2. Before her are Charlotte Corday (1768). After her are Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Louise Michel (1830), Flora Tristan (1803), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Jacques Roux (1752), Abbé Pierre (1912), and René Just Haüy (1743).
1768 - 1793
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 1
1748 - 1793
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 2
1573 - 1599
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 3
1845 - 1934
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
1887 - 1976
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 5
1830 - 1905
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 6
1803 - 1844
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 7
1208 - 1265
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 8
1879 - 1954
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 9
1752 - 1794
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 10
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 11
1743 - 1822
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 12