1688 - 1763
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ kaʁlɛ də ʃɑ̃blɛ̃ də maʁivo]; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist. He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard and Les Fausses Confidences. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre de Marivaux has received more than 200,826 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre de Marivaux is the 1,206th most popular writer (down from 450th in 2019), the 1,399th most popular biography from France (down from 516th in 2019) and the 179th most popular French Writer.
Pierre de Marivaux is most famous for his play, "The Game of Love and Chance," which is a comedy about a man who tries to win the heart of a woman by playing cards.
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Among writers, Pierre de Marivaux ranks 1,206 out of 5,755. Before him are David Grossman, Shammai, Dean Koontz, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Timaeus of Locri. After him are Achilles Tatius, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Aristophanes of Byzantium, James Anderson, Shi Nai'an, and Aelius Aristides.
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,200
50 BC - 30
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,201
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,202
1909 - 1966
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,203
1823 - 1886
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,204
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,205
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,206
200 - 300
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 1,207
1817 - 1875
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,208
257 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,209
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,210
1296 - 1372
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,211
117 - 189
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,212
Among people born in 1688, Pierre de Marivaux ranks 11. Before him are Gyeongjong of Joseon, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Juraj Jánošík, Alexander Pope, James Francis Edward Stuart, and Giuseppe Castiglione. After him are Domenico Zipoli, Stede Bonnet, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Antonio Corradini, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Marie Victoire de Noailles. Among people deceased in 1763, Pierre de Marivaux ranks 6. Before him are Augustus III of Poland, Princess Isabella of Parma, Antoine François Prévost, Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, and Cao Xueqin. After him are Peter Forsskål, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, and Marco Foscarini.
1688 - 1724
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 5
1688 - 1714
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 6
1688 - 1713
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 7
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 8
1688 - 1766
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 9
1688 - 1766
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 10
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
1688 - 1726
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 12
1688 - 1718
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 13
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14
1688 - 1752
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 15
1688 - 1765
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 16
1688 - 1766
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 17
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 1
1741 - 1763
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 2
1697 - 1763
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 3
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 4
1724 - 1763
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 5
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7
1673 - 1763
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 8
1724 - 1763
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1711 - 1763
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 10
1719 - 1763
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 11
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Pierre de Marivaux ranks 1,399 out of 6,011. Before him are Queen Anne of Romania (1923), René Arnoux (1948), Nathalie Baye (1948), Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), Jean-Pierre Papin (1963), and Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666). After him are François Pinault (1936), Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645), Armand Peugeot (1849), Jacques Laffite (1943), Ernest Meissonier (1815), and Étienne Marcel (1315).
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,393
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,394
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,395
1563 - 1624
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,396
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,397
1666 - 1739
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,398
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,399
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,400
1645 - 1721
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,401
1849 - 1915
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,402
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,403
1815 - 1891
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,404
1315 - 1358
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 1,405
Among writers born in France, Pierre de Marivaux ranks 179. Before him are Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Henri Murger (1822), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Paul Bourget (1852), and Roger Caillois (1913). After him are Vivant Denon (1747), Victorien Sardou (1831), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), and Odo of Cluny (878).
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 173
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 174
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 175
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 176
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 177
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 178
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 179
1747 - 1825
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 180
1831 - 1908
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 181
1893 - 1945
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 182
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 183
1575 - 1621
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 184
878 - 942
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 185