Writer

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Russian author

1821 - 1881

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

His biography is available in 178 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 172 in 2024). Fyodor Dostoevsky is the 2nd most popular writer (up from 6th in 2024), the most popular biography from Russia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Writer.

Fyodor Dostoevsky is most famous for his novel Crime and Punishment.

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#2 / 7,707

Fyodor Dostoevsky ranks #2 of 7,707 Writers worldwide, placing them among the top 1% of the profession.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky's biography appears in 178 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Writers.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky climbed 38 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #77 to #39.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Fyodor Dostoevsky ranks 2 out of 7,707. Before him is Homer. After him are William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, and Voltaire.

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Homer
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 95.41
Rank: 1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 2
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 3
Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
HPI: 90.96
Rank: 5
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 6
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 7
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 8
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 89.82
Rank: 9
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 10
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 11
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky ranks 1. After him are Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Flaubert, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, August Schleicher, Auguste Mariette, Lola Montez, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Elizabeth Blackwell, Wilhelm Tempel, and Louis Vuitton. Among people deceased in 1881, Fyodor Dostoevsky ranks 1. After him are Alexander II of Russia, Modest Mussorgsky, Billy the Kid, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Lewis H. Morgan, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, Jenny von Westphalen, and Henri Vieuxtemps.

Others Born in 1821

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Fyodor Dostoevsky
WRITER
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 1
Charles Baudelaire
WRITER
1821 - 1867
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 2
Gustave Flaubert
WRITER
1821 - 1880
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 3
Hermann von Helmholtz
PHYSICIST
1821 - 1894
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 4
Rudolf Virchow
PHYSICIAN
1821 - 1902
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 5
August Schleicher
LINGUIST
1821 - 1868
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 6
Auguste Mariette
POLITICIAN
1821 - 1881
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 7
Lola Montez
ACTOR
1821 - 1861
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 8
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1821 - 1912
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 9
Elizabeth Blackwell
PHYSICIAN
1821 - 1910
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 10
Wilhelm Tempel
ASTRONOMER
1821 - 1889
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 11
Louis Vuitton
BUSINESSPERSON
1821 - 1892
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12