Writer
Pindar
517 BC - 437 BC
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Pindar
His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2024). Pindar is the 171st most popular writer (down from 168th in 2024), the 49th most popular biography from Greece (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Writer.
Pindar is most famous for his odes, a type of lyric poetry.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Pindar ranks 171 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Novalis, Heinrich Böll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, and Rudyard Kipling. After him are Nicolas Flamel, André Breton, Wisława Szymborska, William Faulkner, Anna Wintour, and John Milton.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806 - 1861
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 165
Novalis
1772 - 1801
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 166
Heinrich Böll
1917 - 1985
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 167
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 - 1894
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 168
Walter Scott
1771 - 1832
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 169
Rudyard Kipling
1865 - 1936
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 170
Pindar
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 171
Nicolas Flamel
1330 - 1425
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 172
André Breton
1896 - 1966
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 173
Wisława Szymborska
1923 - 2012
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 174
William Faulkner
1897 - 1962
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 175
Anna Wintour
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 176
John Milton
1608 - 1674
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 177
Contemporaries
Among people born in 517 BC, Pindar ranks 1. Among people deceased in 437 BC, Pindar ranks 1.
Others Born in 517 BC
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Among people born in Greece, Pindar ranks 49 out of NaN. Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Miltiades (-540), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Pope Sixtus II (215), Alcibiades (-450), and Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318). After him are Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Menander (-342), Antisthenes (-445), Praxiteles (-395), and Irene of Athens (752).
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Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
POLITICIAN
1493 - 1536
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 43
Miltiades
MILITARY PERSONNEL
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 44
Aristarchus of Samos
ASTRONOMER
311 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 45
Pope Sixtus II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
215 - 258
HPI: 79.64
Rank: 46
Alcibiades
POLITICIAN
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 47
Pyrrhus of Epirus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 48
Pindar
WRITER
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 49
Queen Sofía of Spain
NOBLEMAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 50
Apollodorus of Athens
PHILOSOPHER
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 51
Menander
WRITER
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 52
Antisthenes
PHILOSOPHER
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 53
Praxiteles
SCULPTOR
395 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 54
Irene of Athens
POLITICIAN
752 - 803
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 55
Among Writers In Greece
Among writers born in Greece, Pindar ranks 7. Before him are Homer (-800), Sophocles (-497), Aristophanes (-448), Euripides (-480), Aeschylus (-525), and Sappho (-630). After him are Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), and Simonides of Ceos (-556).
Homer
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 95.41
Rank: 1
Sophocles
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 89.32
Rank: 2
Aristophanes
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 3
Euripides
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 4
Aeschylus
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 83.66
Rank: 5
Sappho
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 6
Pindar
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 7
Menander
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 8
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 - 1957
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 9
Alcaeus of Mytilene
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 10
Arion
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 11
Archilochus
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 12
Simonides of Ceos
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 13
