WRITER

Jean-François Marmontel

1723 - 1799

Jean-François Marmontel

Jean-François Marmontel (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁmɔ̃tɛl]; 11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-François Marmontel is the 1,152nd most popular writer (up from 1,567th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from France (up from 1,828th in 2019) and the 168th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 1,152 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrei Bely, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Chiara Lubich, Assia Djebar, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Frans Sammut. After him are Jean Webster, Charles Simic, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Gottfried Keller, and P. G. Wodehouse.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Andrei Bely
1880 - 1934
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,146
Jussi Adler-Olsen
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,147
Chiara Lubich
1920 - 2008
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,148
Assia Djebar
1936 - 2015
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,149
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
1868 - 1937
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,150
Frans Sammut
1945 - 2011
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,151
Jean-François Marmontel
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,152
Jean Webster
1876 - 1916
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,153
Charles Simic
1938 - 2023
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,154
Antarah ibn Shaddad
525 - 615
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 1,155
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
1777 - 1843
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,156
Gottfried Keller
1819 - 1890
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 1,157
P. G. Wodehouse
1881 - 1975
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 1,158

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 8. Before him are Baron d'Holbach, Frederick V of Denmark, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Joshua Reynolds, Carl Friedrich Abel, and Mathurin Jacques Brisson. After him are Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, and Tobias Mayer. Among people deceased in 1799, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 15. Before him are Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Tipu Sultan, Victoire of France, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. After him are Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz.

Others Born in 1723

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Baron d'Holbach
PHILOSOPHER
1723 - 1789
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 2
Frederick V of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1766
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 3
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
PHYSICIAN
1723 - 1788
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 4
Joshua Reynolds
PAINTER
1723 - 1792
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 5
Carl Friedrich Abel
COMPOSER
1723 - 1787
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 6
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
BIOLOGIST
1723 - 1806
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 7
Jean-François Marmontel
WRITER
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 8
Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1783
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 9
Adam Ferguson
PHILOSOPHER
1723 - 1816
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 10
Prithvi Narayan Shah
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1775
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 11
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1787
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 12
Nicole-Reine Lepaute
ASTRONOMER
1723 - 1788
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 13
Tobias Mayer
ASTRONOMER
1723 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 14

Others Deceased in 1799

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Horace Bénédict de Saussure
MOUNTAINEER
1740 - 1799
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 9
Tipu Sultan
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1799
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 10
Victoire of France
POLITICIAN
1733 - 1799
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 11
Heshen
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1799
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 12
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1799
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 13
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
COMPOSER
1739 - 1799
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 14
Jean-François Marmontel
WRITER
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 15
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
COMPOSER
1745 - 1799
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 16
Jan Ingenhousz
PHYSICIST
1730 - 1799
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 17
Jean-Charles de Borda
PHYSICIST
1733 - 1799
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 18
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 19
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1769 - 1799
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 20
Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz
BIOLOGIST
1722 - 1799
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 21

In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Marmontel ranks 1,311 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain-Fournier (1886), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Maurice Thorez (1900), Adela of France (1009), Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197), and Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932). After him are Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), Alain de Lille (1117), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), and Ariovistus (-101).

Others born in France

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Alain-Fournier
WRITER
1886 - 1914
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,305
Henri Désiré Landru
EXTREMIST
1869 - 1922
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,306
Maurice Thorez
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1964
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,307
Adela of France
POLITICIAN
1009 - 1079
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,308
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse
POLITICIAN
1197 - 1249
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,309
Jean-Jacques Sempé
COMIC ARTIST
1932 - 2022
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,310
Jean-François Marmontel
WRITER
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,311
Emmanuelle Charpentier
BIOLOGIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,312
Eva Gonzalès
PAINTER
1849 - 1883
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,313
Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1819
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,314
Alain de Lille
PHILOSOPHER
1117 - 1202
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,315
Jean-Marie Villot
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1979
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,316
Ariovistus
POLITICIAN
101 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 1,317