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Blaise de Vigenère

1523 - 1596

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Blaise de Vigenère (5 April 1523 – 19 February 1596) (French pronunciation: [viʒnɛːʁ]) was a French diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Blaise de Vigenère is the 1,291st most popular writer (up from 1,325th in 2019), the 1,461st most popular biography from France (up from 1,516th in 2019) and the 186th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Blaise de Vigenère ranks 1,291 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni Papini, Ono no Komachi, Alcman, Ibn al-Nadim, Pierre Larousse, and Kurt Tucholsky. After him are Michael Jackson, Dositej Obradović, Judah Leon Abravanel, Jean Giono, Hubert Selby Jr., and Yeghishe Charents.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1523, Blaise de Vigenère ranks 5. Before him are Catherine Howard, Anna Jagiellon, Gabriele Falloppio, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. After him are Marco Antonio Bragadin, Gulbadan Begum, Charles de Bourbon, Gaspara Stampa, Stradanus, Catherine Carey, and Pieter Pourbus. Among people deceased in 1596, Blaise de Vigenère ranks 5. Before him are Francis Drake, Jean Bodin, Anna Jagiellon, and Koca Sinan Pasha. After him are Pellegrino Tibaldi, George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Giaches de Wert, Hamnet Shakespeare, Pierre Pithou, and George Peele.

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In France

Among people born in France, Blaise de Vigenère ranks 1,461 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard of Italy (797), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Jean Tirole (1953), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Pierre Larousse (1817), and Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435). After him are Ernest Meissonier (1815), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Armand Peugeot (1849), Michel Chasles (1793), Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), and Jean Giono (1895).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Blaise de Vigenère ranks 186. Before him are Léon Bloy (1846), Émile Gaboriau (1832), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), and Pierre Larousse (1817). After him are Jean Giono (1895), Maurice Barrès (1862), Georges Feydeau (1862), Henri Murger (1822), Paul Scarron (1610), and Honoré d'Urfé (1567).

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