1926 - 2018
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 1,387,655 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Bocuse is the 1,273rd most popular politician (down from 1,232nd in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from France and the 109th most popular French Politician.
Paul Bocuse is a French chef who is most famous for his nouvelle cuisine.
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Among politicians, Paul Bocuse ranks 1,273 out of 15,577. Before him are Halford Mackinder, Fredrik Bajer, Henry the Lion, Æthelred the Unready, Totila, and Georgy Lvov. After him are Stateira II, Camille Desmoulins, Walther Funk, Theophilos, Ion Iliescu, and Michelle Bachelet.
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,267
1837 - 1922
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,268
1129 - 1195
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,269
968 - 1016
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,270
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,271
1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,272
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,273
346 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,274
1760 - 1794
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,275
1890 - 1960
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,276
813 - 842
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1,277
1930 - Present
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1,278
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1,279
Among people born in 1926, Paul Bocuse ranks 21. Before him are Andrzej Wajda, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Chuck Berry, René Goscinny, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and Hugh Hefner. After him are Prince Claus of the Netherlands, John Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, Harper Lee, Ivan Illich, and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Among people deceased in 2018, Paul Bocuse ranks 16. Before him are Bernardo Bertolucci, Charles K. Kao, Amos Oz, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Philip Roth, and John McCain. After him are Isao Takahata, Stephen Hillenburg, France Gall, Burt Reynolds, Peter Grünberg, and Hubert de Givenchy.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 15
1926 - 2022
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 16
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 17
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 18
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 19
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 20
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 21
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 22
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 23
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 24
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 25
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 26
1926 - 2022
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 27
1941 - 2018
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 10
1933 - 2018
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 11
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 12
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 13
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 14
1936 - 2018
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 15
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 16
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 17
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 18
1947 - 2018
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 19
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 20
1939 - 2018
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 21
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 22
Among people born in France, Paul Bocuse ranks 465 out of 6,011. Before him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Roger Vadim (1928), François-Noël Babeuf (1760), and Jean Dubuffet (1901). After him are Camille Desmoulins (1760), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Charles Messier (1730), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727).
1803 - 1856
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 459
1729 - 1765
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 460
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 461
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 462
1760 - 1797
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 463
1901 - 1985
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 464
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 465
1760 - 1794
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 466
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 467
1730 - 1817
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 468
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 469
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 470
1727 - 1781
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 471
Among politicians born in France, Paul Bocuse ranks 109. Before him are Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Carloman I (751), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), and Louis, Dauphin of France (1729). After him are Camille Desmoulins (1760), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Christine Lagarde (1956), Aristide Briand (1862), and Emmanuel Macron (1977).
1662 - 1689
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 103
1804 - 1831
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 104
751 - 771
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 105
1519 - 1572
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 106
1786 - 1868
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 107
1729 - 1765
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 108
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 109
1760 - 1794
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 110
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 111
1747 - 1793
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 112
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 113
1862 - 1932
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 114
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 115