1930 - 2016
Sonia Rykiel (née Flis; French pronunciation: [sɔn.ja ʁi.kjɛl]; 25 May 1930 – 25 August 2016) was a French fashion designer and writer. She created the Poor Boy Sweater, which was featured on the cover of French Elle magazine. Her knitwear designs and new fashion techniques led her to be dubbed the "Queen of Knits". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonia Rykiel has received more than 416,340 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sonia Rykiel is the 1,038th most popular writer (up from 1,172nd in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from France (up from 1,314th in 2019) and the 155th most popular French Writer.
Sonia Rykiel is most famous for her knitwear, and she is credited with popularizing the "unisex" look.
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Among writers, Sonia Rykiel ranks 1,038 out of 5,755. Before her are John Malalas, Will Durant, Corinna, Robert Merle, Al-Mutanabbi, and Bulat Okudzhava. After her are Ellen Key, Bharata Muni, Khachatur Abovian, Robert de Montesquiou, Natalie Clifford Barney, and D. T. Suzuki.
491 - 578
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,032
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,033
501 BC - 501 BC
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,034
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,035
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
Among people born in 1930, Sonia Rykiel ranks 74. Before her are Luce Irigaray, Gérard Genette, Derek Walcott, Pierre Bergé, Ivan Silayev, and Richard Donner. After her are Gaafar Nimeiry, Ben Gazzara, Buck Henry, Michel Serres, Zhores Alferov, and Chinua Achebe. Among people deceased in 2016, Sonia Rykiel ranks 64. Before her are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Viktor Korchnoi, Esma Redžepova, Patricio Aylwin, Vesna Vulović, and Takahito, Prince Mikasa. After her are Ahmed Zewail, Toots Thielemans, Margot Honecker, Michel Tournier, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and Gabriele Amorth.
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 68
1930 - 2018
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 69
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 70
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 71
1930 - 2023
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 72
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 73
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 74
1930 - 2009
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 75
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 76
1930 - 2020
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 77
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 78
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 79
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 80
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 58
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 59
1943 - 2016
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 60
1918 - 2016
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 61
1950 - 2016
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 62
1915 - 2016
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 63
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 64
1946 - 2016
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 65
1922 - 2016
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 66
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 67
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 68
1932 - 2016
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 69
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 70
Among people born in France, Sonia Rykiel ranks 1,201 out of 6,011. Before her are Étienne Cabet (1788), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), and Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737). After her are Gérard Mourou (1944), Louis Jourdan (1921), Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Maurice Ronet (1927), and Lúcio Costa (1902).
1788 - 1856
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,195
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,196
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,197
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 1,198
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
Among writers born in France, Sonia Rykiel ranks 155. Before her are Paulinus of Nola (354), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Johannes Tauler (1300), Comtessa de Dia (1175), and Julien Green (1900). After her are Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Adalberon (947), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Marcel Pagnol (1895), Heinrich Kramer (1430), and Jean Giraudoux (1882).
354 - 431
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 149
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