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Théophile de Viau

1590 - 1626

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Théophile de Viau (1590 – 25 September 1626) was a French Baroque poet and dramatist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Théophile de Viau has received more than 69,107 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Théophile de Viau is the 2,341st most popular writer (down from 2,326th in 2019), the 2,568th most popular biography from France (down from 2,443rd in 2019) and the 334th most popular French Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

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  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Théophile de Viau ranks 2,341 out of 5,755Before him are Waldemar Bonsels, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Antimachus, Boris Akunin, Luigi Pulci, and Mouloud Feraoun. After him are Clive Barker, Lidia Zamenhof, Giovanni Pascoli, Unica Zürn, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Panteleimon Kulish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Théophile de Viau ranks 11Before him are Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Simon Vouet, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Gioachino Greco, Yamada Nagamasa, and Urbain Grandier. After him are Jacob van Eyck and William Bradford. Among people deceased in 1626, Théophile de Viau ranks 13Before him are Isabella of Savoy, Adriaen de Vries, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Pietro Cataldi. After him are Paul Bril, Marino Ghetaldi, Odoardo Farnese, Salomon de Brosse, John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Edmund Gunter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Théophile de Viau ranks 2,568 out of 6,011Before him are Antoine III de Gramont (1604), André Beauneveu (1330), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Dany Boon (1966), Charles Friedel (1822), and Robert de Cotte (1656). After him are Bernard Plantapilosa (841), Armand Trousseau (1801), René Caillié (1799), Abraham Duquesne (1610), Alain Connes (1947), and Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Théophile de Viau ranks 334Before him are Paul Hazard (1878), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), François Hotman (1524), Jean Bruller (1902), Joseph Joffo (1931), and Henri Desgrange (1865). After him are Albert Robida (1848), Anne Golon (1921), Jean Astruc (1684), Champfleury (1821), Savitri Devi (1905), and Sextus Pompeius Festus (150).