1914 - 1980
Romain Gary (pronounced [ʁɔ.mɛ̃ ga.ʁi]; 21 May [O.S. 8 May] 1914 – 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew (also known by the pen name Émile Ajar), was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator of Jewish origin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romain Gary has received more than 721,150 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Romain Gary is the 308th most popular writer (down from 297th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Writer.
Romain Gary was a French writer who was most famous for his novels "The Roots of Heaven" and "The Life Before Us."
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Among writers, Romain Gary ranks 308 out of 5,794. Before him are Gerhart Hauptmann, Carl Spitteler, Appian, Luís de Camões, Italo Calvino, and J. M. Coetzee. After him are Alfonso X of Castile, Nâzım Hikmet, Ezra Pound, Christopher Marlowe, Elena Ferrante, and François Mauriac.
1862 - 1946
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 302
1845 - 1924
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 303
95 - 165
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 304
1524 - 1580
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 305
1923 - 1985
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 306
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 307
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 308
1221 - 1284
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 309
1902 - 1963
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 310
1885 - 1972
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 311
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 312
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 313
1885 - 1970
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 314
Among people born in 1914, Romain Gary ranks 8. Before him are Louis de Funès, Thor Heyerdahl, Tove Jansson, Hedy Lamarr, Marguerite Duras, and Tenzing Norgay. After him are Michael Wittmann, Jiang Qing, Julio Cortázar, William S. Burroughs, Mohammed Zahir Shah, and Alec Guinness. Among people deceased in 1980, Romain Gary ranks 18. Before him are Bon Scott, Oskar Kokoschka, Marshall McLuhan, Henry Miller, Colonel Sanders, and Tamara de Lempicka. After him are Joe Dassin, Oswald Mosley, Vladimir Vysotsky, Gianni Rodari, Milton H. Erickson, and Alexei Kosygin.
1914 - 1983
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 2
1914 - 2002
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 3
1914 - 2001
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 4
1914 - 2000
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 5
1914 - 1996
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 6
1914 - 1986
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 7
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 8
1914 - 1944
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 9
1914 - 1991
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 10
1914 - 1984
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 11
1914 - 1997
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 12
1914 - 2007
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 13
1914 - 2000
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 14
1946 - 1980
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 12
1886 - 1980
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 13
1911 - 1980
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 14
1891 - 1980
HPI: 77.63
Rank: 15
1890 - 1980
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 16
1898 - 1980
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 17
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 18
1938 - 1980
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 19
1896 - 1980
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 20
1938 - 1980
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 21
1920 - 1980
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 22
1901 - 1980
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 23
1904 - 1980
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 24
Among people born in Lithuania, Romain Gary ranks 5 out of 235. Before him are Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Józef Piłsudski (1867), Vytautas (1352), and Emmanuel Levinas (1906). After him are Mindaugas (1203), Gediminas (1275), Emma Goldman (1869), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Hermann Minkowski (1864), César Cui (1835), and Algirdas (1296).
1362 - 1434
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 1
1867 - 1935
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 2
1352 - 1430
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 3
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 4
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 5
1203 - 1263
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 6
1275 - 1341
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 7
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 8
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 9
1864 - 1909
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 10
1835 - 1918
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 11
1296 - 1377
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Lithuania, Romain Gary ranks 1. After him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Jonas Mekas (1922), Simon Dach (1605), Hermann Sudermann (1857), Vincas Kudirka (1858), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Tomas Venclova (1937), Vydūnas (1868), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), and Antanas Baranauskas (1835).
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 1
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 2
1904 - 1936
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 3
1922 - 2019
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4
1605 - 1659
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 5
1857 - 1928
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 6
1858 - 1899
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 9
1868 - 1953
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 10
1840 - 1900
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 12