1905 - 1983
Arthur Koestler, (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈkœstlɐ]; Hungarian: Kösztler Artúr; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Koestler has received more than 1,374,430 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Arthur Koestler is the 594th most popular writer (down from 539th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 54th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Writer.
Arthur Koestler is most famous for his novel, Darkness at Noon, which is a fictionalized account of the Moscow Trials.
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Among writers, Arthur Koestler ranks 594 out of 5,755. Before him are Eduardo Galeano, Philip Larkin, Thomas Wolfe, Ferenc Molnár, Ausonius, and Tirso de Molina. After him are Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, Samuel Johnson, Demetrius Vikelas, and Alessandro Manzoni.
1940 - 2015
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 588
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 589
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 590
1878 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 591
310 - 395
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 592
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 593
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 594
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 595
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 596
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 597
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 598
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 599
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 600
Among people born in 1905, Arthur Koestler ranks 19. Before him are Faustina Kowalska, Astrid of Sweden, Carl David Anderson, Vasily Grossman, Felix Bloch, and Marcel Lefebvre. After him are Artem Mikoyan, Raymond Aron, Raymond Cattell, Guillermo Stábile, Emilio Segrè, and Władysław Gomułka. Among people deceased in 1983, Arthur Koestler ranks 15. Before him are Tennessee Williams, Jon Brower Minnoch, David Niven, Meyer Lansky, Nikolai Podgorny, and Felix Bloch. After him are Raymond Aron, Albert Claude, Gloria Swanson, George Cukor, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Buckminster Fuller.
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 13
1905 - 1935
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 14
1905 - 1991
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 15
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 16
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 17
1905 - 1991
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 18
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 19
1905 - 1970
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 20
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 21
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 22
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 23
1905 - 1989
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 24
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 25
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 9
1941 - 1983
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 10
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 13
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 14
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 15
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 16
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 17
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 18
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 19
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 20
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 21
Among people born in Hungary, Arthur Koestler ranks 66 out of 866. Before him are Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), Marcel Breuer (1902), Marie Henriette of Austria (1836), and Ferenc Molnár (1878). After him are Géza II of Hungary (1130), János Áder (1959), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (940), and Sándor Ferenczi (1873).
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 60
1010 - 1060
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 61
1174 - 1204
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 62
1902 - 1981
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 63
1836 - 1902
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 64
1878 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 65
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 66
1130 - 1162
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 67
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 68
1053 - 1087
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 69
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 70
940 - 997
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 71
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 72
Among writers born in Hungary, Arthur Koestler ranks 6. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Petőfi (1823), and Ferenc Molnár (1878). After him are Felix Salten (1869), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), Magda Szabó (1917), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Béla Balázs (1884).
1860 - 1904
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 1
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 2
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 3
1823 - 1849
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 4
1878 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 5
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 6
1869 - 1945
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 7
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 8
1849 - 1923
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 9
1917 - 2007
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 10
1802 - 1850
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 11
1884 - 1949
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 12