Écrivain
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
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Voltaire
Sa biographie est disponible en 174 langues sur Wikipédia (en hausse par rapport à 170 en 2024). Voltaire est le 12th écrivain le plus populaire (en baisse du 9th en 2024), la 8th biographie la plus populaire de France (en baisse du 6th en 2019), ainsi que le 2nd écrivain de France le plus populaire.
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Among Écrivains
Among écrivains, 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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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
In France
Among people born in France, Voltaire ranks 8 out of NaN. Before him are Louis XIV of France (1638), René Descartes (1596), Blaise Pascal (1623), Joan of Arc (1412), Louis XVI of France (1754), and Victor Hugo (1802). After him are Louis Pasteur (1822), Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), Molière (1622), Montesquieu (1689), and Maximilien Robespierre (1758).
Others born in France
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Louis XIV of France
POLITICIAN
1638 - 1715
HPI: 93.01
Rank: 2
René Descartes
PHILOSOPHER
1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.12
Rank: 3
Blaise Pascal
MATHEMATICIAN
1623 - 1662
HPI: 91.04
Rank: 4
Joan of Arc
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1412 - 1431
HPI: 91.02
Rank: 5
Louis XVI of France
POLITICIAN
1754 - 1793
HPI: 90.50
Rank: 6
Victor Hugo
WRITER
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 7
Voltaire
WRITER
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 8
Louis Pasteur
CHEMIST
1822 - 1895
HPI: 89.24
Rank: 9
Claude Monet
PAINTER
1840 - 1926
HPI: 88.69
Rank: 10
Jules Verne
WRITER
1828 - 1905
HPI: 88.32
Rank: 11
Molière
WRITER
1622 - 1673
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 12
Montesquieu
PHILOSOPHER
1689 - 1755
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 13
Maximilien Robespierre
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1794
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 14
Among Écrivains In France
Among écrivains born in France, Voltaire ranks 2. Before him are Victor Hugo (1802). After him are Jules Verne (1828), Molière (1622), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Alexandre Dumas (1802), Honoré de Balzac (1799), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Charles Baudelaire (1821), Marcel Proust (1871), and Denis Diderot (1713).
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 1
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 2
Jules Verne
1828 - 1905
HPI: 88.32
Rank: 3
Molière
1622 - 1673
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 4
Jean-Paul Sartre
1905 - 1980
HPI: 87.31
Rank: 5
Alexandre Dumas
1802 - 1870
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 6
Honoré de Balzac
1799 - 1850
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 7
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1900 - 1944
HPI: 86.21
Rank: 8
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 - 1986
HPI: 84.63
Rank: 9
Charles Baudelaire
1821 - 1867
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 10
Marcel Proust
1871 - 1922
HPI: 84.39
Rank: 11
Denis Diderot
1713 - 1784
HPI: 84.31
Rank: 12
