1801 - 1881
Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (French: [litʁe]; 1 February 1801 – 2 June 1881) was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called le Littré. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Émile Littré has received more than 85,684 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Émile Littré is the 69th most popular linguist (down from 65th in 2019), the 2,589th most popular biography from France (down from 2,448th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Linguist.
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Among linguists, Émile Littré ranks 69 out of 161. Before him are Vilém Mathesius, Robert Morrison, Noah Webster, Karl Brugmann, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, and Matthias Castrén. After him are Gustaf John Ramstedt, Vasili Eroshenko, Max Nettlau, John Chadwick, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, and Jan Mukařovský.
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 63
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 64
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 65
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 66
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 67
1813 - 1852
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 68
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 69
1873 - 1950
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 70
1890 - 1952
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 71
1865 - 1944
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 72
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 73
1869 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 74
1891 - 1975
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1801, Émile Littré ranks 42. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Salvadore Cammarano, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Johann Nestroy, and Armand Trousseau. After him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Vincenzo Gioberti, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Charles Elliot, Jan Kalivoda, and Peter Wilhelm Lund. Among people deceased in 1881, Émile Littré ranks 42. Before him are George W. De Long, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Joseph Škoda, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Daniele Comboni, and John Gould. After him are Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Aga Khan I, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Nikolai Kibalchich, Jules Armand Dufaure, and Karl Weyprecht.
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 36
1801 - 1876
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 37
1801 - 1852
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 38
1801 - 1873
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 39
1801 - 1862
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 40
1801 - 1867
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 41
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 42
1801 - 1876
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 43
1801 - 1852
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 44
1801 - 1869
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 45
1801 - 1875
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 46
1801 - 1866
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 47
1801 - 1880
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 48
1844 - 1881
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 36
1794 - 1881
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 37
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 38
1818 - 1881
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 39
1831 - 1881
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 40
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 41
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 42
1809 - 1881
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 43
1800 - 1881
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 44
1813 - 1881
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 45
1853 - 1881
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 46
1798 - 1881
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 47
1838 - 1881
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 48
Among people born in France, Émile Littré ranks 2,589 out of 6,011. Before him are Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), Gérard Oury (1919), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Odo II, Count of Blois (983), and Marie Dubois (1937). After him are Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Paul Tortelier (1914), Richard Bohringer (1942), Bayezid Osman (1924), Laurent Fignon (1960), and Gershom ben Judah (960).
1888 - 1979
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 2,583
1714 - 1773
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 2,584
1919 - 2006
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 2,585
1878 - 1973
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 2,586
983 - 1037
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 2,587
1937 - 2014
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 2,588
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 2,589
1811 - 1883
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2,590
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2,591
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2,592
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2,593
1960 - 2010
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2,594
960 - 1028
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2,595
Among linguists born in France, Émile Littré ranks 5. Before him are Georges Dumézil (1898), Antoine Meillet (1866), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), and André Martinet (1908). After him are Louis de Beaufront (1855), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Louis Duchesne (1843), Anne Dacier (1645), Gaston Waringhien (1901), Sylvain Lévi (1863), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 1
1866 - 1936
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 2
1591 - 1660
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 3
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 4
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 5
1855 - 1935
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 6
1893 - 1954
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 7
1843 - 1922
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 8
1645 - 1720
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 9
1901 - 1991
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 10
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 11
1846 - 1888
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 12