1855 - 1921
Marie Joseph Robert Anatole, comte de Montesquiou-Fézensac (7 March 1855, Paris – 11 December 1921, Menton) was a French aesthete, Symbolist poet, painter, art collector, art interpreter, and dandy. He is reputed to have been the inspiration both for Jean des Esseintes in Joris-Karl Huysmans' À rebours (1884) and, most famously, for the Baron de Charlus in Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–1927). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert de Montesquiou has received more than 260,207 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Robert de Montesquiou is the 1,042nd most popular writer (up from 1,335th in 2019), the 1,205th most popular biography from France (up from 1,466th in 2019) and the 156th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 1,042 out of 5,755. Before him are Al-Mutanabbi, Bulat Okudzhava, Sonia Rykiel, Ellen Key, Bharata Muni, and Khachatur Abovian. After him are Natalie Clifford Barney, D. T. Suzuki, Meša Selimović, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ernst Barlach, and Fredric Brown.
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,036
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,037
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,038
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,039
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,040
1805 - 1848
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,041
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,042
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,043
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,044
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,045
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,046
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,047
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,048
Among people born in 1855, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 13. Before him are Ernest Chausson, Eleanor Marx, Percival Lowell, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, and Ned Kelly. After him are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Arthur Nikisch, Robert Koldewey, Paul-Jacques Curie, Georges Rodenbach, and Axel Paulsen. Among people deceased in 1921, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 25. Before him are William II of Württemberg, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Julius Richard Petri, Ignác Goldziher, and Eugen Dühring. After him are Karl von Bülow, Fernand Khnopff, Vladimir Korolenko, Oscar Montelius, Hara Takashi, and Mykola Leontovych.
1855 - 1899
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 7
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 8
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 9
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 10
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 11
1855 - 1880
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 12
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 13
1855 - 1944
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 14
1855 - 1922
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 15
1855 - 1925
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 16
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 17
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 18
1855 - 1938
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 19
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 19
1846 - 1921
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 20
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 21
1852 - 1921
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 22
1850 - 1921
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 23
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 24
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 25
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 26
1858 - 1921
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 27
1853 - 1921
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 28
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 29
1856 - 1921
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 30
1877 - 1921
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 31
Among people born in France, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 1,205 out of 6,011. Before him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Gérard Mourou (1944), Louis Jourdan (1921), and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754). After him are Maurice Ronet (1927), Lúcio Costa (1902), Paul Sérusier (1864), Jean Bart (1650), Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), and Walter Sans Avoir (1050).
1819 - 1864
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 1,199
1737 - 1814
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,200
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,201
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 1,202
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,203
1754 - 1842
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,204
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,205
1927 - 1983
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,206
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,207
1864 - 1927
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,208
1650 - 1702
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,209
1226 - 1305
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,210
1050 - 1096
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,211
Among writers born in France, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 156. Before him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Johannes Tauler (1300), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Julien Green (1900), and Sonia Rykiel (1930). After him are Adalberon (947), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Marcel Pagnol (1895), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean Giraudoux (1882), and Pierre Larousse (1817).
1780 - 1857
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 150
1741 - 1794
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 151
1300 - 1361
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 152
1175 - 1225
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 153
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 154
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 155
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 156
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 157
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 158
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 159
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 160
1882 - 1944
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 161
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 162