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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 78,291 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Théophile de Viau is the 2,573rd most popular writer (down from 2,334th in 2019), the 2,815th most popular biography from France (down from 2,560th in 2019) and the 356th most popular French Writer.

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  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Théophile de Viau ranks 2,573 out of 7,302. Before him are L. Sprague de Camp, George Mosse, Hilaire Belloc, Nodar Dumbadze, Wilhelm Worringer, and Anne Holt. After him are John Millington Synge, Dionysius Periegetes, Friedrich Spee, Cleitarchus, Ignacy Krasicki, and Parvin E'tesami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Théophile de Viau ranks 12. Before him are Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gioachino Greco, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Yamada Nagamasa, Urbain Grandier, and Jacob van Eyck. After him are John Albert II, Daniel Seghers, María de Zayas, William Bradford, and Sarmad Kashani. Among people deceased in 1626, Théophile de Viau ranks 16. Before him are Wakisaka Yasuharu, Marino Ghetaldi, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pietro Cataldi, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Paul Bril. After him are Odoardo Farnese, John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Edmund Gunter, Salomon de Brosse, Malik Ambar, and Edward Alleyn.

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In France

Among people born in France, Théophile de Viau ranks 2,815 out of 6,770. Before him are François Hanriot (1761), Auguste Laurent (1807), André Beauneveu (1330), Conon de Béthune (1150), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), and Claude Gillot (1673). After him are Pierre Magnol (1638), Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille (1797), Walter Gieseking (1895), John, Duke of Touraine (1398), Charles Pathé (1863), and Antoine de Jussieu (1686).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Théophile de Viau ranks 356. Before him are Gustave Aimard (1818), René Crevel (1900), Bernard Werber (1961), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Catulle Mendès (1841), and Hilaire Belloc (1870). After him are Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Varro Atacinus (-82), Jules Guesde (1845), Mirra Alfassa (1878), and Petrus Comestor (1100).

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