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All-time leader84.7Voltaire
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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2nd77.7 · mom 12

Voltaire

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1st84.7 · mom 17

Friedrich Schiller

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3rd73.0 · mom 13
Voltaire leads this board.

All-time score 84.7, ahead of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by 7.1.

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  1. 4thJonathan SwiftWriters69.4
  2. 5thWilliam BlakeWriters69.0
  3. 6thSamuel JohnsonWriters64.6
  4. 7thRobert BurnsWriters62.6
  5. 8thMary WollstonecraftWriters62.3
  6. 9thAlexander PopeWriters61.5
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10th, risingGotthold Ephraim LessingWriters · 1729-1781GermanyGermanyWriters59.4mom 2011th, stableEdward GibbonWriters · 1737-1794United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters58.4mom 212th, stableCarlo GoldoniWriters · 1707-1793ItalyItalyWriters56.9mom 513th, risingGiacomo CasanovaWriters · 1725-1798ItalyItalyWriters56.4mom 2214th, risingJoseph AddisonWriters · 1672-1719United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters55.7mom 515th, risingHenry FieldingWriters · 1707-1754United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters54.3mom 1616th, risingOliver GoldsmithWriters · 1728-1774Writers54.2mom 417th, risingOlympe de GougesWriters · 1748-1793FranceFranceWriters54.0mom 1018th, risingJean PaulWriters · 1763-1825GermanyGermanyWriters52.8mom 719th, stableLaurence SterneWriters · 1713-1768Writers52.7mom 020th, stableHorace WalpoleWriters · 1717-1797Writers51.2mom 121st, fallingAndré ChénierWriters · 1762-1794FranceFranceWriters50.8mom 1

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Italian poet and librettist (1698-1782)

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Russian writer (1745-1792)

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