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Pierre-Jean de Béranger

1780 - 1857

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Pierre-Jean de Béranger (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʒɑ̃ də beʁɑ̃ʒe] ; 19 August 1780 – 16 July 1857) was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". Some newspapers from Malaysia and Seychelles mention that he was the retrospective composer of Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan, the anthem of the peninsular sultanate of Perak whose melody was later adopted for Malaysia's national anthem Negaraku; as well as the pre-independent Nusantaran folk song Terang Bulan, but there is argument on whether he wrote either melody. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre-Jean de Béranger is the 911th most popular writer (up from 990th in 2019), the 1,071st most popular biography from France (up from 1,126th in 2019) and the 135th most popular French Writer.

Pierre-Jean de Béranger was a French poet and songwriter who was most famous for writing songs about the French Revolution.

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Among writers, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 911 out of 7,302. Before him are Eleanor Marx, Wilkie Collins, Władysław Tarnowski, Leconte de Lisle, Samuel Richardson, and Adunis. After him are H. Rider Haggard, Italo Svevo, Mercè Rodoreda, MacKenzie Scott, Ida Tarbell, and Etty Hillesum.

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Among people born in 1780, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Carl von Clausewitz, Pauline Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Miloš Obrenović, and Hinrich Lichtenstein. After him are Charles Nodier, Jules de Polignac, Ranjit Singh, Sacagawea, Jernej Kopitar, and John Forsyth. Among people deceased in 1857, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 14. Before him are Alfred de Musset, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène Sue, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, and Francis Beaufort. After him are Louis Jacques Thénard, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Alcide d'Orbigny, Gulab Singh, Johan Christian Dahl, and Josef Ressel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 1,071 out of 6,770. Before him are Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), Laurent Blanc (1965), Tetricus I (250), René Cassin (1887), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), and Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789). After him are Jeanne Baret (1740), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Clotilde of France (1759), Paul Painlevé (1863), Adélaïde of France (1732), and Paul Sérusier (1864).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 135. Before him are Georges Bernanos (1888), Laura de Noves (1310), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), and Maurice Druon (1918). After him are Julien Green (1900), Jules Renard (1864), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), Juliette Récamier (1777), and Jean Giraudoux (1882).

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