1145 - 1220
Abū Ḥāmid bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221; Persian: ابوحمید بن ابوبکر ابراهیم), better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn (فریدالدین) and ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur (عطار نیشاپوری, Attar means apothecary), was an Iranian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism. He wrote a collection of lyrical poems and number of long poems in the philosophical tradition of Islamic mysticism, as well as a prose work with biographies and sayings of famous Muslim mystics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Attar of Nishapur has received more than 510,359 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Attar of Nishapur is the 509th most popular writer (down from 409th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Iran (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Iranian Writer.
Attar of nishapur is most famous for its scent, which is a combination of flowers and spices.
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Among writers, Attar of Nishapur ranks 509 out of 5,755. Before him are Saul Bellow, Héloïse, Marina Tsvetaeva, George R. R. Martin, J. M. Barrie, and Rudaki. After him are Henri Barbusse, Sei Shōnagon, Natsume Sōseki, Harper Lee, Fausto Cercignani, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 503
1101 - 1164
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 504
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 505
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 506
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 507
860 - 941
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 508
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 509
1873 - 1935
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 510
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 511
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 512
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 513
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 514
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 515
Among people born in 1145, Attar of Nishapur ranks 1. After him are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Ibn Jubayr, Sverre of Norway, Al-Adil I, Maria of Antioch, Mikhail of Vladimir, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Sven Aggesen, and Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 1220, Attar of Nishapur ranks 4. Before him are Saxo Grammaticus, Muhammad II of Khwarazm, and Wolfram von Eschenbach. After him are Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Kaykaus I, Giraut de Bornelh, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Richeza of Denmark, and Ingvar of Kiev.
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 1
1145 - 1198
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2
1145 - 1217
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 3
1145 - 1202
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 4
1145 - 1218
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 5
1145 - 1182
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 6
1145 - 1176
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 7
1145 - 1234
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 8
1145 - 1194
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 9
1145 - 1234
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 10
1145 - 1300
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 11
1145 - 1180
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 12
1150 - 1220
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 1
1169 - 1220
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 2
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 3
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 4
1171 - 1220
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 5
1186 - 1220
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 6
1160 - 1220
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 7
1110 - 1220
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 8
1138 - 1220
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 9
1171 - 1220
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 10
1174 - 1220
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 11
1152 - 1220
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iran, Attar of Nishapur ranks 67 out of 528. Before him are Babak Khorramdin (798), Bayazid Bastami (804), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), and Achaemenes (-800). After him are Gaykhatu (1300), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), Barkiyaruq (1081), Ibn Majah (824), Masoud Barzani (1946), and Ismail II (1533).
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 61
804 - 874
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 62
1380 - 1429
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 63
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 64
309 - 379
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 65
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 66
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 67
1300 - 1295
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 68
1742 - 1797
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 69
1081 - 1104
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 70
824 - 886
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 72
1533 - 1577
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 73
Among writers born in Iran, Attar of Nishapur ranks 11. Before him are Ferdowsi (940), Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Saadi Shirazi (1210), and Jami (1414). After him are Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Ali Shariati (1933), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), and Sadegh Hedayat (1903).
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 5
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 6
1201 - 1274
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 7
1185 - 1248
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 8
1210 - 1291
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 9
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 10
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 11
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 12
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 13
724 - 756
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 14
1935 - 1967
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 15
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 16
1903 - 1951
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 17