1844 - 1896
Paul-Marie Verlaine (; French: [vɛʁlɛn(ə)]; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Verlaine has received more than 1,007,804 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Paul Verlaine is the 107th most popular writer (up from 117th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from France (up from 127th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Writer.
Paul Verlaine is most famous for his poetry.
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Among writers, Paul Verlaine ranks 107 out of 5,794. Before him are Selma Lagerlöf, André Gide, Ivan Turgenev, Miyamoto Musashi, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Paulo Coelho. After him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Václav Havel, George Sand, François Villon, Nicolas Flamel, and Vladimir Nabokov.
1858 - 1940
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 101
1869 - 1951
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 102
1818 - 1883
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 103
1584 - 1645
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 104
1875 - 1926
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 105
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 106
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 107
1918 - 2008
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 108
1936 - 2011
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 109
1804 - 1876
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 110
1431 - 1463
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 111
1330 - 1425
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 112
1899 - 1977
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 113
Among people born in 1844, Paul Verlaine ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. After him are Anatole France, Mehmed V, Bernadette Soubirous, Henri Rousseau, Ilya Repin, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Alexandra of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1896, Paul Verlaine ranks 2. Before him is Alfred Nobel. After him are Clara Schumann, Anton Bruckner, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, August Kekulé, Hippolyte Fizeau, John Everett Millais, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.
1844 - 1900
HPI: 91.80
Rank: 1
1844 - 1929
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 2
1844 - 1923
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 3
1844 - 1908
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 4
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 5
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 6
1844 - 1918
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 7
1844 - 1879
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 8
1844 - 1910
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 9
1844 - 1930
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 10
1844 - 1906
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 11
1844 - 1925
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 12
1833 - 1896
HPI: 89.69
Rank: 1
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 2
1819 - 1896
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 3
1824 - 1896
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 4
1833 - 1896
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 5
1834 - 1896
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 6
1848 - 1896
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 7
1829 - 1896
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 8
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 9
1829 - 1896
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 10
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 11
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Paul Verlaine ranks 106 out of 5,234. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Charles IX of France (1550), Philip II of France (1165), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Albert Schweitzer (1875), and Louis XII of France (1462). After him are Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Louis Braille (1809), George Sand (1804), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Charles VII of France (1403), and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708).
1090 - 1153
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 100
1550 - 1574
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 101
1165 - 1223
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 102
1835 - 1921
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 103
1875 - 1965
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 104
1462 - 1515
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 105
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 106
1060 - 1100
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 107
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 108
1804 - 1876
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 109
1663 - 1736
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 110
1403 - 1461
HPI: 82.25
Rank: 111
1708 - 1765
HPI: 82.23
Rank: 112
Among writers born in France, Paul Verlaine ranks 24. Before him are Romain Rolland (1866), Marquis de Sade (1740), Guy de Maupassant (1850), Octave Mirbeau (1848), François Rabelais (1494), and André Gide (1869). After him are George Sand (1804), François Villon (1431), Nicolas Flamel (1330), Anatole France (1844), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), and Jean Cocteau (1889).
1866 - 1944
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 18
1740 - 1814
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 19
1850 - 1893
HPI: 83.67
Rank: 20
1848 - 1917
HPI: 83.53
Rank: 21
1494 - 1553
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 22
1869 - 1951
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 23
1844 - 1896
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 24
1804 - 1876
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 25
1431 - 1463
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 26
1330 - 1425
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 27
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 28
1824 - 1895
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 29
1889 - 1963
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 30