620 BC - 564 BC
Aesop ( EE-sop or AY-sop; Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aesop has received more than 3,408,466 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Aesop is the 15th most popular writer (up from 21st in 2019), the most popular biography from Bulgaria and the most popular Bulgarian Writer.
Aesop is most famous for his fables, which are short stories about animals that teach a moral lesson.
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Among writers, Aesop ranks 15 out of 5,755. Before him are Edgar Allan Poe, Sophocles, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, and Virgil. After him are Jules Verne, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ovid, Molière, and Agatha Christie.
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 9
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 86.65
Rank: 10
1828 - 1910
HPI: 86.31
Rank: 11
1883 - 1924
HPI: 86.23
Rank: 12
1802 - 1885
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 13
70 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 85.91
Rank: 14
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 15
1828 - 1905
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 16
1547 - 1616
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 17
1905 - 1980
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 18
43 BC - 17
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 19
1622 - 1673
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 20
1890 - 1976
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 21
Among people born in 620 BC, Aesop ranks 1. After him are Alcaeus of Mytilene and Sushruta. Among people deceased in 564 BC, Aesop ranks 1.
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 1
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 2
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 3
Among people born in Bulgaria, Aesop ranks 1 out of 372. After him are Ahmed III (1673), Flavius Aetius (390), Elias Canetti (1905), Belisarius (505), Galerius (250), Georgi Dimitrov (1882), Maximinus Thrax (173), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Phocas (547), and Simeon I of Bulgaria (864).
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 1
1673 - 1736
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 2
390 - 454
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 3
1905 - 1994
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 4
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 5
250 - 311
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 6
1882 - 1949
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 7
173 - 238
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 8
1894 - 1943
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 9
1911 - 1998
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 10
547 - 610
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 11
864 - 927
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Bulgaria, Aesop ranks 1. After him are Elias Canetti (1905), Saint Naum (830), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Georgi Markov (1929), Ivan Vazov (1850), Hristo Botev (1848), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Sabahattin Ali (1907), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Elin Pelin (1877), and Blaga Dimitrova (1922).
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 1
1905 - 1994
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 2
830 - 910
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 3
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 4
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 5
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 6
1848 - 1876
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
1365 - 1420
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 8
1907 - 1948
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9
1821 - 1867
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 10
1877 - 1949
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 11
1922 - 2003
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 12