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Voltaire

1694 - 1778

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Voltaire

Zijn biografie is beschikbaar in 174 verschillende talen op Wikipedia (toegenomen van 170 in 2024). Voltaire staat op plaats 12 onder de meest populaire schrijver (gedaald van plaats 9 in 2024), plaats 8 onder de meest populaire biografieën uit Frankrijk (gedaald van plaats 6 in 2019) en op plaats 2 onder de populairste schrijver uit Frankrijk.

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Among Schrijvers

Among schrijvers, Voltaire ranks 12 out of 7,302. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, and Victor Hugo. After him are James Joyce, Sophocles, Jules Verne, Virgil, Molière, and Miguel de Cervantes.

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J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 6
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 7
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 8
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 89.82
Rank: 9
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 10
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 11
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 12
James Joyce
1882 - 1941
HPI: 89.38
Rank: 13
Sophocles
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 89.32
Rank: 14
Jules Verne
1828 - 1905
HPI: 88.32
Rank: 15
Virgil
70 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 16
Molière
1622 - 1673
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 17
Miguel de Cervantes
1547 - 1616
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 18

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Voltaire ranks 1. After him are François Quesnay, Yeongjo of Joseon, Francis Hutcheson, Louis-Claude Daquin, Georg Brandt, Paul of the Cross, Leonardo Leo, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Henry Pelham, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, and Theodore of Corsica. Among people deceased in 1778, Voltaire ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Carl Linnaeus. After him are William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Laura Bassi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Thomas Arne, and Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano.

Others Born in 1694

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Voltaire
WRITER
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 1
François Quesnay
ECONOMIST
1694 - 1774
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 2
Yeongjo of Joseon
POLITICIAN
1694 - 1776
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 3
Francis Hutcheson
PHILOSOPHER
1694 - 1746
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 4
Louis-Claude Daquin
COMPOSER
1694 - 1772
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 5
Georg Brandt
CHEMIST
1694 - 1768
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 6
Paul of the Cross
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1694 - 1775
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 7
Leonardo Leo
COMPOSER
1694 - 1744
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 8
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
PHILOSOPHER
1694 - 1768
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 9
Henry Pelham
POLITICIAN
1694 - 1754
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 10
Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
POLITICIAN
1694 - 1729
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 11
Theodore of Corsica
POLITICIAN
1694 - 1756
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1778

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
PHILOSOPHER
1712 - 1778
HPI: 91.27
Rank: 1
Carl Linnaeus
BIOLOGIST
1707 - 1778
HPI: 90.16
Rank: 2
Voltaire
WRITER
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 3
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
POLITICIAN
1708 - 1778
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 4
Laura Bassi
PHYSICIST
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 5
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
PAINTER
1720 - 1778
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 6
Anna Maria Mozart
COMPOSER
1720 - 1778
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 7
James Hargreaves
INVENTOR
1720 - 1778
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 8
Étienne-Gabriel Morelly
PHILOSOPHER
1717 - 1778
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 9
Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
NOBLEMAN
1725 - 1778
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 10
Thomas Arne
COMPOSER
1710 - 1778
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 11
Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano
POLITICIAN
1721 - 1778
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 12