1745 - 1822
Valentin Haüy (pronounced [aɥi]; 13 November 1745 – 19 March 1822) was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris (now Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, or the National Institute for the Young Blind, INJA). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentin Haüy has received more than 120,171 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Valentin Haüy is the 952nd most popular religious figure (up from 975th in 2019), the 1,431st most popular biography from France (up from 1,576th in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Valentin Haüy ranks 952 out of 2,238. Before him are Jorge Medina, Mariam Baouardy, Ignatios of Constantinople, Sabellius, Merytre-Hatshepsut, and Peter of Verona. After him are Qasim ibn Muhammad, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Roger Etchegaray, Agostino Casaroli, William Farel, and Donatus Magnus.
1926 - 2021
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 946
1846 - 1878
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 947
797 - 877
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 948
200 - 300
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 949
1500 BC - 1425 BC
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 950
1206 - 1252
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 951
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 952
598 - 600
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 953
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 954
1922 - 2019
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 955
1914 - 1998
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 956
1489 - 1565
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 957
250 - 355
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 958
Among people born in 1745, Valentin Haüy ranks 11. Before him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Andrianampoinimerina, and Fyodor Ushakov. After him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Şahin Giray, Mihrişah Sultan, Casimir Pulaski, and George Atwood. Among people deceased in 1822, Valentin Haüy ranks 11. Before him are Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Claude Louis Berthollet, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Giovanni Battista Venturi, and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. After him are Paolo Ruffini, René Just Haüy, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Karl August von Hardenberg, Jean-Robert Argand, and Sophie de Condorcet.
1745 - 1792
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 5
1745 - 1761
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 6
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 7
1745 - 1826
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 8
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 10
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 11
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 12
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
1745 - 1787
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 14
1745 - 1805
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 15
1745 - 1779
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 16
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 17
1750 - 1822
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 5
1748 - 1822
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 6
1738 - 1822
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7
1766 - 1822
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 8
1746 - 1822
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 9
1749 - 1822
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 10
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 11
1765 - 1822
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 12
1743 - 1822
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 13
1757 - 1822
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 14
1750 - 1822
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 15
1768 - 1822
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 16
1764 - 1822
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 17
Among people born in France, Valentin Haüy ranks 1,431 out of 6,011. Before him are Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Vincent d'Indy (1851), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), and Marie de Rohan (1600). After him are Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), Victorinus (300), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), and Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304).
1284 - 1312
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,425
1694 - 1772
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,426
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,427
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,428
1711 - 1741
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 1,429
1600 - 1679
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 1,430
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 1,431
1717 - 1744
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 1,432
300 - 271
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 1,433
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 1,434
1915 - 2002
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 1,435
1709 - 1785
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 1,436
1304 - 1346
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 1,437
Among religious figures born in France, Valentin Haüy ranks 71. Before him are Philipp Spener (1635), Lothair II of Italy (1000), Pierre Cauchon (1371), Louise de Marillac (1591), Jeanne Guyon (1648), and Humbert of Silva Candida (1000). After him are Roger Etchegaray (1922), William Farel (1489), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Arnaud Amalric (1160), and John of Matha (1150).
1635 - 1705
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 65
1000 - 950
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 66
1371 - 1442
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 67
1591 - 1660
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 68
1648 - 1717
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 69
1000 - 1061
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 70
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 71
1922 - 2019
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 72
1489 - 1565
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 73
1515 - 1563
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 74
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 75
1160 - 1225
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 76
1150 - 1213
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 77