1931 - 2009
Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusto Boal has received more than 483,080 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Augusto Boal is the 1,648th most popular writer (down from 1,641st in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 115th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Writer.
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Among writers, Augusto Boal ranks 1,648 out of 5,755. Before him are Philippe de Commines, Petar Zrinski, Eric Carle, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Dick Bruna, and Terry Brooks. After him are Theophylact of Ohrid, Nicander, Lu You, Arnaldur Indriðason, E. E. Cummings, and Andreas Gryphius.
1447 - 1511
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,642
1621 - 1671
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,643
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,644
1752 - 1796
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,645
1927 - 2017
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,646
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,647
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,648
1055 - 1107
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,649
250 BC - 170 BC
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,650
1125 - 1210
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 1,651
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 1,652
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 1,653
1616 - 1664
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 1,654
Among people born in 1931, Augusto Boal ranks 111. Before him are Sri Chinmoy, Luís Cabral, Colin Wilson, Josep Lluís Núñez, Zeki Müren, and Ferenc Mádl. After him are John Charles, Ken Takakura, Ivan Klíma, Masaaki Hatsumi, Juan Goytisolo, and Hiroto Muraoka. Among people deceased in 2009, Augusto Boal ranks 77. Before him are Jack Kemp, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, Achille Compagnoni, Merce Cunningham, and Yves Rocher. After him are Pat Hingle, Frank McCourt, Andrew Wyeth, Bea Arthur, Edwin G. Krebs, and Alicia de Larrocha.
1931 - 2007
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 105
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 106
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 107
1931 - 2018
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 108
1931 - 1996
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 109
1931 - 2011
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 110
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 111
1931 - 2004
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 112
1931 - 2014
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 113
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 114
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 115
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 116
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 117
1935 - 2009
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 71
1920 - 2009
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 72
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 73
1914 - 2009
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 74
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 75
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 76
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 77
1924 - 2009
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 78
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 79
1917 - 2009
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 80
1922 - 2009
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 81
1918 - 2009
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 82
1923 - 2009
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 83
Among people born in Brazil, Augusto Boal ranks 121 out of 2,067. Before him are Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Émerson Leão (1949), Bernardino Machado (1851), and Loalwa Braz (1953). After him are Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Tite (1961), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Edu Coimbra (1947), and Fernando Collor de Mello (1949).
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 115
1824 - 1898
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 116
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 117
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 118
1851 - 1944
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 119
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 120
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 121
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 122
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 123
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 124
1899 - 1969
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 125
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 126
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 127
Among writers born in Brazil, Augusto Boal ranks 8. Before him are Jorge Amado (1912), Machado de Assis (1839), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Chico Xavier (1910), and Mário de Andrade (1893). After him are Carlos Marighella (1911), João Guimarães Rosa (1908), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), and Oswald de Andrade (1890).
1912 - 2001
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 2
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 3
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 4
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 5
1910 - 2002
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 6
1893 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 7
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 8
1911 - 1969
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 9
1908 - 1967
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 10
1902 - 1987
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 11
1829 - 1877
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 12
1882 - 1948
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 13
1890 - 1954
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 14