1899 - 1951
Andrei Platonov (Russian: Андре́й Плато́нов, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej pɫɐˈtonəf]; 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1899 – 5 January 1951) was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov (Russian: Андре́й Плато́нович Климе́нтов), a Soviet Russian writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet, whose works anticipate existentialism. Although Platonov regarded himself as a communist, his principal works remained unpublished in his lifetime because of their skeptical attitude toward collectivization of agriculture (1929-1940) and other Stalinist policies, as well as for their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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Platonov has received more than 148,850 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Andrei Platonov is the 1,411th most popular writer (up from 1,434th in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Russia (up from 473rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Russian Writer.
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Among writers, Andrei Platonov ranks 1,411 out of 5,794. Before him are Albert Memmi, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Ubertino of Casale, Archestratus, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Fulcher of Chartres. After him are Qiu Chuji, Sadriddin Ayni, Daniel Pennac, Evelyn Waugh, Ko Un, and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.
1920 - 2020
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 1,405
1689 - 1762
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 1,406
1259 - 1330
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 1,407
350 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 1,408
1830 - 1916
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 1,409
1059 - 1127
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 1,410
1899 - 1951
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 1,411
1148 - 1227
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 1,412
1878 - 1954
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 1,413
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 1,414
1903 - 1966
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 1,415
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 1,416
1893 - 1945
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 1,417
Among people born in 1899, Andrei Platonov ranks 65. Before him are Brassaï, Alma Reville, Fritz Bayerlein, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, and Hans Jeschonnek. After him are Georges Bidault, Ludwig Guttmann, Raoul Salan, Burt Munro, Walter Lantz, and Nicolas Frantz. Among people deceased in 1951, Andrei Platonov ranks 33. Before him are Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Émile Chartier, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Robert J. Flaherty, Charles G. Dawes, and Soh Jaipil. After him are Erich Naumann, Sadegh Hedayat, Élie Cartan, Agrippina Vaganova, Willem Mengelberg, and Empress Teimei.
1899 - 1984
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 59
1899 - 1982
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 60
1899 - 1970
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 61
1899 - 1980
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 62
1899 - 1945
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 63
1899 - 1943
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 64
1899 - 1951
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 65
1899 - 1983
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 66
1899 - 1980
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 67
1899 - 1984
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 68
1899 - 1978
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 69
1899 - 1994
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 70
1899 - 1985
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 71
1891 - 1951
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 27
1868 - 1951
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 28
1866 - 1951
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 29
1884 - 1951
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 30
1865 - 1951
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 31
1864 - 1951
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 32
1899 - 1951
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 33
1905 - 1951
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 34
1903 - 1951
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 35
1869 - 1951
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 36
1879 - 1951
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 37
1871 - 1951
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 38
1884 - 1951
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 39
Among people born in Russia, Andrei Platonov ranks 461 out of 2,688. Before him are Nadezhda von Meck (1831), Ivan Panfilov (1893), Alexander Radishchev (1749), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Sacha Guitry (1885), and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859). After him are Valery Bykovsky (1934), Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), George Ostrogorsky (1902), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), and False Dmitry II (1600).
1831 - 1894
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 455
1893 - 1941
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 456
1749 - 1802
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 457
1869 - 1947
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 458
1885 - 1957
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 459
1859 - 1935
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 460
1899 - 1951
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 461
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 462
1903 - 1988
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 463
1846 - 1888
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 464
1902 - 1976
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 465
1859 - 1919
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 466
1600 - 1610
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 467
Among writers born in Russia, Andrei Platonov ranks 60. Before him are Daniil Kharms (1905), Edith Södergran (1892), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), and Alexander Radishchev (1749). After him are Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), Korney Chukovsky (1882), Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826), and Alexander Grin (1880).
1905 - 1942
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 54
1892 - 1923
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 55
1743 - 1816
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 56
1899 - 1980
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 57
1858 - 1915
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 58
1749 - 1802
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 59
1899 - 1951
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 60
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 61
1866 - 1941
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 62
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 63
1882 - 1969
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 64
1826 - 1889
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 65
1880 - 1932
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 66