1911 - 1985
René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris and the madness of war, but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love.René Barjavel wrote several novels with these themes, such as Ravage (translated as Ashes, ashes), Le Grand Secret, La Nuit des temps (translated as The Ice People), and Une rose au paradis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Barjavel has received more than 115,831 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). René Barjavel is the 3,151st most popular writer (down from 2,903rd in 2019), the 3,187th most popular biography from France (down from 2,906th in 2019) and the 407th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, René Barjavel ranks 3,151 out of 5,755. Before him are James Russell Lowell, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Rose Ausländer, Abdurauf Fitrat, Martynas Mažvydas, and Jean-Sifrein Maury. After him are Ahmadou Kourouma, C. S. Forester, Kafū Nagai, Léo Malet, Ford Madox Ford, and Emma Lazarus.
1819 - 1891
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 3,145
1789 - 1862
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 3,146
1901 - 1988
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 3,147
1885 - 1938
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 3,148
1510 - 1563
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,149
1746 - 1817
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,150
1911 - 1985
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,151
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3,152
1899 - 1966
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3,153
1879 - 1959
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 3,154
1909 - 1996
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 3,155
1873 - 1939
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 3,156
1849 - 1887
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 3,157
Among people born in 1911, René Barjavel ranks 147. Before him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Abderrahmane Farès, Nello Pagani, Pierre Harmel, Tilly Fleischer, and Juan Carlos Zabala. After him are Mirzo Tursunzoda, Otakar Vávra, Kaj Franck, Leopold Kielholz, Heinz von Foerster, and Jiří Sobotka. Among people deceased in 1985, René Barjavel ranks 105. Before him are Georgia Hale, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Pavel Batov, Gaston Rébuffat, and Margaret Hamilton. After him are Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Julian Beck, Mary Kenneth Keller, Salvador Espriu, John G. Trump, and Renato Castellani.
1911 - 1987
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 141
1911 - 1991
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 142
1911 - 2003
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 143
1911 - 2009
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 144
1911 - 2005
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 145
1911 - 1983
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 146
1911 - 1985
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 147
1911 - 1977
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 148
1911 - 2011
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 149
1911 - 1989
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 150
1911 - 1980
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 151
1911 - 2002
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 152
1911 - 1994
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 153
1900 - 1985
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 99
1904 - 1985
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 100
1951 - 1985
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 101
1897 - 1985
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 102
1921 - 1985
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 103
1902 - 1985
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 104
1911 - 1985
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 105
1909 - 1985
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 106
1925 - 1985
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 107
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 108
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 109
1907 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 110
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 111
Among people born in France, René Barjavel ranks 3,187 out of 6,011. Before him are Alfred Bruneau (1857), Germaine Tillion (1907), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Magda Julin (1894), Michel Aumont (1936), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are Loyset Compère (1440), Victor de Broglie (1785), Léo Malet (1909), Bernard de Jussieu (1699), Charles Wolf (1827), and Auguste Chevalier (1873).
1857 - 1934
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 3,181
1907 - 2008
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 3,182
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 3,183
1894 - 1990
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 3,184
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 3,185
1746 - 1817
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,186
1911 - 1985
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,187
1440 - 1518
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3,188
1785 - 1870
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3,189
1909 - 1996
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 3,190
1699 - 1777
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 3,191
1827 - 1918
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 3,192
1873 - 1956
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 3,193
Among writers born in France, René Barjavel ranks 407. Before him are Jean Richepin (1849), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), Max Aub (1909), Robert de Clari (1170), Jules Vallès (1832), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are Léo Malet (1909), Georges Sadoul (1904), Fernand Crommelynck (1886), Tristan Bernard (1866), Pierre Gamarra (1919), and Charles Pinot Duclos (1704).
1849 - 1926
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 401
1921 - 1985
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 402
1909 - 1972
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 403
1170 - 1216
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 404
1832 - 1885
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 405
1746 - 1817
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 406
1911 - 1985
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 407
1909 - 1996
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 408
1904 - 1967
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 409
1886 - 1970
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 410
1866 - 1947
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 411
1919 - 2009
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 412
1704 - 1772
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 413