WRITER

Françoise Giroud

1916 - 2003

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Françoise Giroud (born Lea France Gourdji; 21 September 1916 – 19 January 2003), was a French journalist, screenwriter, writer, and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Giroud is the 3,565th most popular writer (down from 3,535th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 364th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Françoise Giroud ranks 3,565 out of 7,302. Before her are William Cowper, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, Robert McKee, Victor Pelevin, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. After her are Castor of Rhodes, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Tarafa, Gyula Krúdy, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, and Chittaranjan Das.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Françoise Giroud ranks 144. Before her are Bismillah Khan, Wan Li, Benjamin Libet, Anton Diffring, Svend Asmussen, and Bill Melendez. After her are Charlie Christian, Rong Yiren, Robert H. Dicke, Julian Rotter, Adriana Caselotti, and Werner Bischof. Among people deceased in 2003, Françoise Giroud ranks 169. Before her are João César Monteiro, Pierre Poujade, Kir Bulychev, Jorge Oteiza, Alexander Kemurdzhian, and Jean Yanne. After her are Rosalyn Tureck, Walter Zapp, Augusto Monterroso, Flóra Kádár, Benny Carter, and Jeanne Crain.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Françoise Giroud ranks 376 out of 1,015. Before her are Walter Hauser (1837), Christian Gross (1954), R. Norris Williams (1891), Michele Besso (1873), Robert Maillart (1872), and Joseph Benz (1944). After her are Fritz Platten (1883), Anton Allemann (1936), Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963), James Pradier (1790), Oliver Neuville (1973), and Edgar Schein (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Françoise Giroud ranks 37. Before her are Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Arthur Cravan (1887), Fernán Caballero (1796), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Theodore Bibliander (1500), and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484). After her are Ella Maillart (1903), Edmond Privat (1889), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Robert Pinget (1919), and Johann David Wyss (1743).

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