WRITER

Jacques Amyot

1513 - 1593

Jacques Amyot

Jacques Amyot (French: [amjo]; 30 October 1513 – 6 February 1593), French Renaissance bishop, scholar, writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Amyot is the 1,624th most popular writer (up from 1,988th in 2019), the 1,885th most popular biography from France (up from 2,242nd in 2019) and the 234th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Amyot ranks 1,624 out of 7,302. Before him are René Char, Robert Brasillach, Thomas Moore, Hannah Szenes, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Ludwig Börne. After him are Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Robert Jordan, S. Ansky, Rodulfus Glaber, Lycophron, and Wen Tianxiang.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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René Char
1907 - 1988
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 1,618
Robert Brasillach
1909 - 1945
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 1,619
Thomas Moore
1779 - 1852
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 1,620
Hannah Szenes
1921 - 1944
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 1,621
Christian Friedrich Hebbel
1813 - 1863
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 1,622
Ludwig Börne
1786 - 1837
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 1,623
Jacques Amyot
1513 - 1593
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 1,624
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
1873 - 1936
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 1,625
Robert Jordan
1948 - 2007
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 1,626
S. Ansky
1863 - 1920
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 1,627
Rodulfus Glaber
985 - 1047
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 1,628
Lycophron
320 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 1,629
Wen Tianxiang
1236 - 1283
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 1,630

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1513, Jacques Amyot ranks 2. Before him is Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Daniele Barbaro, Pirro Ligorio, Louis, Duke of Montpensier, Michael Baius, and John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin. Among people deceased in 1593, Jacques Amyot ranks 6. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Christopher Marlowe, Emperor Ōgimachi, Juan de Herrera, and Li Shizhen. After him are Maciej Stryjkowski, Symon Budny, Xu Wei, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Hans Bol, and Abd al-Samad.

Others Born in 1513

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Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg
POLITICIAN
1513 - 1535
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1
Jacques Amyot
WRITER
1513 - 1593
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2
Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1513 - 1573
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 3
Daniele Barbaro
MATHEMATICIAN
1513 - 1570
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 4
Pirro Ligorio
ARCHITECT
1513 - 1583
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 5
Louis, Duke of Montpensier
POLITICIAN
1513 - 1582
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 6
Michael Baius
PHILOSOPHER
1513 - 1589
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 7
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin
POLITICIAN
1513 - 1571
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 8