1863 - 1935
Sylvain Lévi (March 28, 1863 – October 30, 1935) was an influential French orientalist and indologist who taught Sanskrit and Indian religion at the École pratique des hautes études.Lévi's book Théâtre Indien is an important work on the subject of Indian performance art, and Lévi also conducted some of the earliest analysis of Tokharian fragments discovered in Western China. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvain Lévi has received more than 49,265 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sylvain Lévi is the 139th most popular linguist (down from 137th in 2019), the 4,050th most popular biography from France (down from 3,771st in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Linguist.
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Among linguists, Sylvain Lévi ranks 139 out of 161. Before him are Felix Jacoby, Zellig Harris, Alexander Veselovsky, Heinrich Schmid, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, and Nurit Peled-Elhanan. After him are Gerhard Rohlfs, Vladimir Toporov, Charles F. Hockett, Alice Kober, Dell Hymes, and Brian Houghton Hodgson.
1876 - 1959
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 133
1909 - 1992
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 134
1838 - 1906
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 135
1921 - 1999
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 136
1612 - 1653
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 137
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 138
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 139
1892 - 1986
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 140
1928 - 2005
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 141
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 142
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 143
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 144
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 145
Among people born in 1863, Sylvain Lévi ranks 125. Before him are Ljubomir Davidović, Anthony Hope, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Axel Thue, Gottlieb von Jagow, and W. W. Jacobs. After him are Stanisław Zaremba, Dmitry Grave, Blanche Bingley, Sergey Oldenburg, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, and Marguerite Audoux. Among people deceased in 1935, Sylvain Lévi ranks 110. Before him are Albert Ayat, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Gottlieb von Jagow, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Virginie Demont-Breton, and Julia Beck. After him are Thelma Todd, Alfred Ewing, Jackson Showalter, Anna Katharine Green, Aimé Haegeman, and Herbert Ponting.
1863 - 1940
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 119
1863 - 1933
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 120
1863 - 1939
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 121
1863 - 1922
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 122
1863 - 1935
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 123
1863 - 1943
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 124
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 125
1863 - 1942
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 126
1863 - 1939
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 127
1863 - 1946
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 128
1863 - 1934
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 129
1863 - 1955
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 130
1863 - 1937
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 131
1875 - 1935
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 104
1902 - 1935
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 105
1863 - 1935
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 106
1854 - 1935
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 107
1859 - 1935
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 108
1853 - 1935
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 109
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 110
1906 - 1935
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 111
1855 - 1935
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 112
1860 - 1935
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 113
1846 - 1935
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 114
1861 - 1935
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 115
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 116
Among people born in France, Sylvain Lévi ranks 4,050 out of 6,011. Before him are Sébastien Haller (1994), Henri Masson (1872), Adalbero of Reims (null), Michel Leblond (1932), Daniel Marot (1661), and Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800). After him are Jean Cayrol (1911), Roger Lapébie (1911), André Comte-Sponville (1952), Elizabeth Debicki (1990), Émile Oustalet (1844), and Jean-Marie Poiré (1945).
1994 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 4,044
1872 - 1963
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 4,045
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 4,046
1932 - 2009
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 4,047
1661 - 1752
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 4,048
1800 - 1871
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 4,049
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 4,050
1911 - 2005
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 4,051
1911 - 1996
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 4,052
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 4,053
1990 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 4,054
1844 - 1905
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 4,055
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 4,056
Among linguists born in France, Sylvain Lévi ranks 11. Before him are Émile Littré (1801), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Louis Duchesne (1843), Anne Dacier (1645), and Gaston Waringhien (1901). After him are Arsène Darmesteter (1846).
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 5
1855 - 1935
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 6
1893 - 1954
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 7
1843 - 1922
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 8
1645 - 1720
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 9
1901 - 1991
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 10
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 11
1846 - 1888
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 12