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Jonas Mekas

Lithuanian filmmaker

1922 - 2019

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His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonas Mekas is the 1,911th most popular writer (down from 1,506th in 2024), the 53rd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 41st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Jonas Mekas's biography spans 30 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 63.50.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Jonas Mekas ranks 1,911 out of 7,707. Before him are John Farey Sr., Renée Vivien, Robert Faurisson, Archestratus, Victoria Ocampo, and Salvian. After him are Jean Starobinski, Magnús Scheving, Paul Gerhardt, Bella Akhmadulina, John Barth, and Zygmunt Krasiński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jonas Mekas ranks 125. Before him are Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Yuri Averbakh, John Christopher, Günter Behnisch, and Juan Antonio Bardem. After him are Michael Ventris, Francisco Aramburu, Paul Scofield, Shigeru Mizuki, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, and Albert Lamorisse. Among people deceased in 2019, Jonas Mekas ranks 118. Before him are Köbi Kuhn, Branko Lustig, Jan Stráský, Billy Drago, Rafi Eitan, and Guillermo Mordillo. After him are Jean Starobinski, Machiko Kyō, Klaus Kinkel, Josef Kadraba, Georgiy Daneliya, and Andrés Gimeno.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Jonas Mekas ranks 53 out of 389. Before him are Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Gediminas Kirkilas (1951), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), Arvydas Sabonis (1964), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), and Simon Dach (1605). After him are Audrys Bačkis (1937), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), Uljana Semjonova (1952), and Hermann Sudermann (1857).

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Among Writers In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Jonas Mekas ranks 4. Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), Romain Gary (1914), and Simon Dach (1605). After him are Hermann Sudermann (1857), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Vydūnas (1868), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), and Žemaitė (1845).

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