Writer
Abu Nuwas
762 - 814
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Abu Nuwas
His biography is available in 142 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 133 in 2024). Abu Nuwas is the 84th most popular writer (up from 104th in 2024), the 7th most popular biography from Iran (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Writer.
Abu Nuwas is most famous for being the first person to write erotic poetry in Arabic.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Abu Nuwas ranks 84 out of 7,302. Before him are Toni Morrison, George R. R. Martin, Lord Byron, Nikolai Gogol, D. H. Lawrence, and Daniel Defoe. After him are Kālidāsa, Maxim Gorky, Du Fu, Pablo Neruda, George Bernard Shaw, and Maurice Maeterlinck.
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Toni Morrison
1931 - 2019
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 78
George R. R. Martin
1948 - Present
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 79
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 80
Nikolai Gogol
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.82
Rank: 81
D. H. Lawrence
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 82
Daniel Defoe
1660 - 1731
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 83
Abu Nuwas
762 - 814
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 84
Kālidāsa
400 - 420
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 85
Maxim Gorky
1868 - 1936
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 86
Du Fu
712 - 770
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 87
Pablo Neruda
1904 - 1973
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 88
George Bernard Shaw
1856 - 1950
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 89
Maurice Maeterlinck
1862 - 1949
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 90
Contemporaries
Among people born in 762, Abu Nuwas ranks 1. Among people deceased in 814, Abu Nuwas ranks 2. Before him is Charlemagne. After him are Krum, and Angilbert.
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Charlemagne
POLITICIAN
748 - 814
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 1
Abu Nuwas
WRITER
762 - 814
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 2
Krum
POLITICIAN
710 - 814
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 3
Angilbert
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
740 - 814
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 4
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Abu Nuwas ranks 7 out of NaN. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Zoroaster (-2000), and Ruhollah Khomeini (1902). After him are Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), and Bahá'u'lláh (1817).
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Xerxes I
POLITICIAN
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 87.97
Rank: 1
Cyrus the Great
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 2
Omar Khayyam
MATHEMATICIAN
1048 - 1131
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 3
Al-Ghazali
PHILOSOPHER
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.99
Rank: 4
Zoroaster
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 5
Ruhollah Khomeini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1902 - 1989
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 6
Abu Nuwas
WRITER
762 - 814
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 7
Jabir ibn Hayyan
CHEMIST
721 - 815
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 8
Harun al-Rashid
POLITICIAN
766 - 809
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 9
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1980
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 10
Darius III
POLITICIAN
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 11
Ali Khamenei
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2026
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 12
Bahá'u'lláh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1817 - 1892
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 13
Among Writers In Iran
Among writers born in Iran, Abu Nuwas ranks 1. After him are Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Ferdowsi (940), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Jami (1414), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Doris Lessing (1919), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733).
Abu Nuwas
762 - 814
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 1
Hafez
1325 - 1389
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 2
Ismail I
1487 - 1524
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 3
Ferdowsi
940 - 1020
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 4
Mansur Al-Hallaj
858 - 922
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 5
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
1201 - 1274
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 6
Jami
1414 - 1492
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 7
Shams Tabrizi
1185 - 1248
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 8
Doris Lessing
1919 - 2013
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 9
Saadi Shirazi
1210 - 1291
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 10
Attar of Nishapur
1145 - 1220
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 11
Magtymguly Pyragy
1733 - 1807
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 12
