1882 - 1969
B. Traven (German: [ˈbeː ˈtʁaːvn̩]; Bruno Traven in some accounts) was the pen name of a novelist, presumed to be German, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. Traven has received more than 448,265 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. B. Traven is the 901st most popular writer (up from 906th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Poland (down from 168th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Polish Writer.
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Among writers, B. Traven ranks 901 out of 5,755. Before her are Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Rustichello da Pisa, Bertran de Born, Publilius Syrus, and John Updike. After her are Jean de La Bruyère, Stefan George, Charles Maurras, John Grisham, Daniel Goleman, and Samuel Richardson.
1757 - 1806
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 895
1868 - 1937
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 896
1290 - 1400
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 897
1140 - 1215
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 898
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 899
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 900
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 901
1645 - 1696
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 902
1868 - 1933
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 903
1868 - 1952
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 904
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 905
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 906
1689 - 1761
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 907
Among people born in 1882, B. Traven ranks 49. Before her are Moritz Schlick, Karol Szymanowski, Otto Neurath, Yanka Kupala, Friedrich Dollmann, and John Rabe. After her are Lluís Companys, Éamon de Valera, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aleksandra Ekster, Johnny Torrio, and Wacław Sierpiński. Among people deceased in 1969, B. Traven ranks 32. Before her are Witold Gombrowicz, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Sonja Henie, Josef von Sternberg, Moïse Tshombe, and Itzhak Stern. After her are Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Alexandra David-Néel, Boris Karloff, Robert Taylor, Wacław Sierpiński, and Walter Christaller.
1882 - 1936
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 43
1882 - 1937
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 44
1882 - 1945
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 45
1882 - 1942
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 46
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 47
1882 - 1950
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 48
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 49
1882 - 1940
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 50
1882 - 1975
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 51
1882 - 1945
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 52
1882 - 1949
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 53
1882 - 1957
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 54
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 55
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 26
1888 - 1969
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 27
1912 - 1969
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 28
1894 - 1969
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 29
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 30
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 31
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 32
1910 - 1969
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 33
1868 - 1969
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 34
1887 - 1969
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 35
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 36
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 37
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 38
Among people born in Poland, B. Traven ranks 181 out of 1,454. Before her are Miroslav Klose (1978), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Robert Lewandowski (1988), Itzhak Stern (1901), Günther Anders (1902), and Ignacy Mościcki (1867). After her are Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Carl Wernicke (1848), Mieszko II Lambert (990), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), and John I Albert (1459).
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 175
1803 - 1879
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 176
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 177
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 178
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 179
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 180
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 181
1919 - 1943
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 182
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 183
990 - 1034
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 184
1754 - 1816
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 185
1866 - 1934
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 186
1459 - 1501
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 187
Among writers born in Poland, B. Traven ranks 16. Before her are Alfred Döblin (1878), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Władysław Reymont (1867), Christa Wolf (1929), and Olga Tokarczuk (1962). After her are Jan Potocki (1761), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Ernst Toller (1893), Emil Ludwig (1881), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848).
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 10
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 11
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 12
1867 - 1925
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 13
1929 - 2011
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 15
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 16
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 17
1788 - 1857
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 18
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 19
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 20
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 21
1848 - 1931
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 22