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François Hotman

1524 - 1590

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François Hotman (23 August 1524 – 12 February 1590) was a French lawyer and writer, associated with the legal humanists and with the monarchomaques, who struggled against absolute monarchy. His first name is often written 'Francis' in English. His surname is Latinized by himself as Hotomanus, by others as Hotomannus and Hottomannus. He has been called "one of the first modern revolutionaries". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Hotman is the 2,086th most popular writer (down from 2,048th in 2019), the 2,350th most popular biography from France (down from 2,309th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Hotman ranks 2,086 out of 7,302. Before him are Piotr Skarga, Elsa Beskow, Wolfgang Borchert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Pierre Plantard, and Salvador de Madariaga. After him are Marcus Tullius Tiro, Waldemar Bonsels, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Marjorie Boulton, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, and Yoshida Kenkō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, François Hotman ranks 11. Before him are Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louise Labé, Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn. After him are Plautilla Nelli, Rani Durgavati, Martin Guerre, and Thomas Erastus. Among people deceased in 1590, François Hotman ranks 15. Before him are Francis Walsingham, Catherine of Ricci, Marietta Robusti, Maddalena Casulana, Giambattista Benedetti, and Leone Leoni. After him are Kanō Eitoku, Hōjō Ujimasa, Frans Hogenberg, Charles de Bourbon, André Thevet, and Archduchess Magdalena of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Hotman ranks 2,350 out of 6,770. Before him are Isaac the Blind (1160), Matthias of Arras (1290), Peter Chanel (1803), Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731), Ivo of Chartres (1040), and Pierre Plantard (1920). After him are Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Michel de l'Hôpital (1505), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787), and Sarah Kofman (1934).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Hotman ranks 293. Before him are Anne Golon (1921), Robert de Boron (1110), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Isaac the Blind (1160), and Pierre Plantard (1920). After him are Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Thomas Merton (1915), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Albert Gleizes (1881), and Paul Hazard (1878).

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