Occupation
WRITERS
With 5,755 biographies, Writers are the 4th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Soccer Players, Politicians, and Actors.
Pantheon has 6,496 people classified as writers born between 2300 BC and 2006. Of these 6,496, 1,443 (22.21%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living writers include Paulo Coelho, Stephen King, and Haruki Murakami. The most famous deceased writers include Homer, William Shakespeare, and Dante Alighieri. As of April 2022, 758 new writers have been added to Pantheon including Walter Scott, B. Traven, and Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Living Writers
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Paulo Coelho
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.99
Stephen King
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Haruki Murakami
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Orhan Pamuk
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.86
Mario Vargas Llosa
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Svetlana Alexievich
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Peter Handke
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Anna Wintour
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Coen brothers
HPI: 71.35
J. K. Rowling
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Eckhart Tolle
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.02
Isabel Allende
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Deceased Writers
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800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 91.42
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 90.88
Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
HPI: 90.51
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.78
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 - 1881
HPI: 88.66
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 88.02
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 87.84
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 87.55
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Sophocles
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 86.65
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 86.31
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 86.23
Newly Added Writers (2022)
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Walter Scott
1771 - 1832
HPI: 75.25
B. Traven
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Abdulrazak Gurnah
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Gaius Asinius Pollio
76 BC - 4
HPI: 60.12
Tove Ditlevsen
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Marie Anne Lenormand
1772 - 1843
HPI: 58.41
Elizabeth of the Trinity
1880 - 1906
HPI: 58.31
Paul Rée
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Maria Valtorta
1897 - 1961
HPI: 57.75
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Andal
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu
1916 - 1992
HPI: 56.36
Most writers were born in United States (1100), United Kingdom (674), and France (617). By city, the most common birth places were Paris (160), New York City (126), and London (96).The most common death places of writers were United States (702), France (680), and United Kingdom (482). By city, these were Paris (295), London (139), and Moscow (113).
The earliest biographies classified as writers in Pantheon are Bharata Muni, Luqman, and Enheduanna. The concentration of writers was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier writers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Writers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Writers since 1700.
Writers are found within the Humanities domain which also includes Philosophers, Historians, Linguists, Journalists, and Critics.
