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Paul Bocuse

1926 - 2018

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Paul François Pierre Bocuse (French pronunciation: [pɔl bɔkyz]; 11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018) was a French chef based in Lyon known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. Dubbed "the pope of gastronomy", he was affectionately nicknamed Monsieur Paul (Mister Paul). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Bocuse has received more than 1,468,696 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Paul Bocuse is the 1,627th most popular politician (down from 1,271st in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from France (down from 465th in 2019) and the 136th most popular French Politician.

Paul Bocuse is a French chef who is most famous for his nouvelle cuisine.

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  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Bocuse ranks 1,627 out of 19,576. Before him are George Tupou V, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Hedwig of Silesia, Hassan Nasrallah, Lala Mustafa Pasha, and Gelimer. After him are Victoria of Baden, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Klaus Iohannis, Conradin, Zoë Porphyrogenita, and Roh Tae-woo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Paul Bocuse ranks 25. Before him are Ben Roy Mottelson, Nuon Chea, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Hugh Hefner, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. After him are Thích Nhất Hạnh, Donald A. Glaser, Ivan Illich, Leopoldo Galtieri, George Habash, and John Coltrane. Among people deceased in 2018, Paul Bocuse ranks 18. Before him are Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, John McCain, Philip Roth, Stephen Hillenburg, and France Gall. After him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Peter Grünberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Billy Graham, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Burt Reynolds.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Bocuse ranks 575 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Black (1728), Élisabeth of France (1764), Daniel Auber (1782), Alaric II (458), Johnny Hallyday (1943), and Peter the Hermit (1050). After him are Karl Brandt (1904), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), and Niki de Saint Phalle (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Paul Bocuse ranks 136. Before him are Theuderic I (485), Lothair of France (941), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Bernard Tapie (1943), René of Anjou (1409), and Alaric II (458). After him are Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), Margaret of Anjou (1430), Lazare Carnot (1753), Salome Zourabichvili (1952), Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), and Léon Blum (1872).

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