1899 - 1951
Andrei Platonovich Platonov (Russian: Андре́й Плато́нович Плато́нов, tr. ɐnˈdrʲej plɐˈtonəf, born Klimentov (Russian: Климе́нтов); 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1899 – 5 January 1951) was a Soviet Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet. Although Platonov regarded himself as a communist, his principal works remained unpublished in his lifetime because of their skeptical attitude toward collectivization of agriculture (1929–1940) and other Stalinist policies, as well as for their experimental, avant-garde form infused with existentialism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Platonov has received more than 269,190 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrei Platonov is the 1,232nd most popular writer (up from 1,411th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 459th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Russian Writer.
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Among writers, Andrei Platonov ranks 1,232 out of 5,755. Before him are Nizar Qabbani, Bolesław Prus, Al-Khansa, Gottfried Benn, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, and Ljudevit Gaj. After him are Quintus Fabius Pictor, Yosa Buson, Babrius, Poul Anderson, Jerzy Kosiński, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
1923 - 1998
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 1,226
1847 - 1912
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 1,227
575 - 645
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 1,228
1886 - 1956
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 1,229
1845 - 1900
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,230
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,231
1899 - 1951
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,232
254 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,233
1716 - 1783
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,234
110 - 200
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,235
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,236
1933 - 1991
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,237
1807 - 1882
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 1,238
Among people born in 1899, Andrei Platonov ranks 62. Before him are Georges Bidault, Philipp Bouhler, Leo Strauss, Burt Munro, Brassaï, and Ernst-Robert Grawitz. After him are Aksel Sandemose, Franz Jonas, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Fritz Bayerlein, Hans Jeschonnek, and Raoul Salan. Among people deceased in 1951, Andrei Platonov ranks 32. Before him are Ivanoe Bonomi, Charles G. Dawes, Óscar Carmona, Robert J. Flaherty, Princess Hélène of Orléans, and Empress Teimei. After him are Willem Mengelberg, Élie Cartan, Émile Chartier, Fritz Thyssen, Sadegh Hedayat, and Soh Jaipil.
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 56
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 57
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 58
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 59
1899 - 1984
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 60
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 61
1899 - 1951
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 62
1899 - 1965
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 63
1899 - 1974
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 64
1899 - 1980
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 65
1899 - 1970
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 66
1899 - 1943
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 67
1899 - 1984
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 68
1873 - 1951
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 26
1865 - 1951
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 27
1869 - 1951
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 28
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 29
1871 - 1951
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 30
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 31
1899 - 1951
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 32
1871 - 1951
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 33
1869 - 1951
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 34
1868 - 1951
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 35
1873 - 1951
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 36
1903 - 1951
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 37
1864 - 1951
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 38
Among people born in Russia, Andrei Platonov ranks 452 out of 3,262. Before him are Valentin Pavlov (1937), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Sergei Taneyev (1856), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), and Mikhail Vrubel (1856). After him are Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), Chung Il-kwon (1917), Vasily Surikov (1848), Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Nikolay Shvernik (1888), and Yuri Oganessian (1933).
1937 - 2003
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 446
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 447
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 448
1605 - 1673
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 449
1896 - 1986
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 450
1856 - 1910
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 451
1899 - 1951
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 452
1600 - 1616
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 453
1917 - 1994
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 454
1848 - 1916
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 455
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 456
1888 - 1970
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 457
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 458
Among writers born in Russia, Andrei Platonov ranks 54. Before him are Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Edith Södergran (1892), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817). After him are Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Alexander Grin (1880), and Viktor Suvorov (1947).
1900 - 1999
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 48
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 49
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 50
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 51
1823 - 1886
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 52
1817 - 1875
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 53
1899 - 1951
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 54
1870 - 1938
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 55
1923 - 2003
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 56
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 57
1899 - 1980
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 58
1880 - 1932
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 60