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Vivant Denon

1747 - 1825

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Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (French pronunciation: [dɔminik vivɑ̃ baʁɔ̃ dənɔ̃]; 4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the modern museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivant Denon has received more than 112,493 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Vivant Denon is the 1,153rd most popular writer (up from 1,210th in 2019), the 1,316th most popular biography from France (up from 1,405th in 2019) and the 171st most popular French Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

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  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vivant Denon ranks 1,153 out of 7,302. Before him are Vidyapati, Lao She, Mavro Orbini, Hugo Gernsback, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, and Chevalier d'Éon. After him are Ljudevit Gaj, Jernej Kopitar, Comtessa de Dia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Bolesław Prus, and Forough Farrokhzad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Vivant Denon ranks 5. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Abraham-Louis Breguet, and Roger Ducos. After him are Johann Elert Bode, Rose Bertin, Gottfried August Bürger, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Leopold Koželuch, and Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 1825, Vivant Denon ranks 13. Before him are Eli Whitney, Pauline Bonaparte, Jean Paul, Henry Fuseli, Dmitry Bortniansky, and Laskarina Bouboulina. After him are Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Mikhail Miloradovich, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Vladimir Borovikovsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Vivant Denon ranks 1,316 out of 6,770. Before him are Maria Schneider (1952), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), François Pinault (1936), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), and Stéphane Grappelli (1908). After him are Comtessa de Dia (1175), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Anne Parillaud (1960), Émile Waldteufel (1837), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), and Maine de Biran (1766).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Vivant Denon ranks 171. Before him are Clément Marot (1495), Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Chevalier d'Éon (1728). After him are Comtessa de Dia (1175), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Roger Caillois (1913), Léo Taxil (1854), and Raymond Radiguet (1903).

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