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Ninon de l'Enclos

1620 - 1705

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Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos, also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos (10 November 1620 – 17 October 1705), was a French author, courtesan and patron of the arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ninon de l'Enclos is the 779th most popular writer (down from 576th in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from France (down from 678th in 2019) and the 121st most popular French Writer.

Ninon de l'enclos is most famous for being a French courtesan in the 1600s. She was known for her intelligence and wit, as well as her beauty.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ninon de l'Enclos ranks 779 out of 7,302. Before her are Aubrey Beardsley, William Beckford, Henry Fielding, H. L. Mencken, Arrigo Boito, and Anna Seghers. After her are Valerius Maximus, Otto of Freising, Achim von Arnim, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ben Jonson, and Jerome K. Jerome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Ninon de l'Enclos ranks 3. Before her are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Edme Mariotte. After her are Aelbert Cuyp, Avvakum, Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Miklós Zrínyi, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Nicholas Mercator, and John Graunt. Among people deceased in 1705, Ninon de l'Enclos ranks 6. Before her are Jacob Bernoulli, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Emeric Thököly, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, and Luca Giordano. After her are Philipp Spener, Catherine of Braganza, John Ray, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Madame d'Aulnoy, and Pierre Beauchamp.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ninon de l'Enclos ranks 926 out of 6,770. Before her are Martin Bucer (1491), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Léon Gambetta (1838), Jacques Callot (1592), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143). After her are Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Claude Lelouch (1937), François Clouet (1510), René Clément (1913), and Léon Jouhaux (1879).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Ninon de l'Enclos ranks 121. Before her are Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Charles Maurras (1868), and Pierre Boulle (1912). After her are Jean Anouilh (1910), Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), Alain-René Lesage (1668), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135).

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