Jean de La Fontaine
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Summary
Updated 2026-05-29
17th-century French poet who turned animal fables into a continental hit. His Fables became the template every European storyteller copied afterward.
Biography
About
Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages.
Profile
Tags & topics
Profile
Platforms
Profile
Timeline
No timeline events yet. Claim the profile to add milestones.
Profile
Trend
Fame score, last 90 days
Profile
Score breakdown
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Fame
Stable26.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.2
Historical21.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
#250
Profile
Sources
- WikidataHigh confidencewikidata · wikidata.org
- WikipediaHigh confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
Discover
You might know
Similar profiles worth watching
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)