WRITER

Ban Gu

32 - 92

Ban Gu

Ban Gu (AD 32–92) was a Chinese historian, poet, and politician best known for his part in compiling the Book of Han, the second of China's 24 dynastic histories. He also wrote a number of fu, a major literary form, part prose and part poetry, which is particularly associated with the Han era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ban Gu has received more than 111,021 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ban Gu is the 820th most popular writer (up from 824th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from China (down from 228th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Chinese Writer.

Ban gu is most famous for being the inventor of the game go.

Memorability Metrics

110k
Page Views (PV)
63.22
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
35
Languages Editions (L)
6.85
Effective Languages (L*)
2.67
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Han shu

1888

Kanjo gogyoshi (Toyo bunko)

1986

Han shu ji zhuan xuan yi (Er shi si shi ji zhuan xuan yi cong shu)

1994

Hanso yolchon (Pomu kojonson)

1997

Bai hu tong de lun (Zhu zi bai jia cong shu)

1990

Bai hu tong yi

1992

Page views of Ban Gus by language

Over the past year Ban Gu has had the most page views in the Chinese wikipedia edition with 34,522 views, followed by English (13,454), and Japanese (10,990). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovak (83.33%), Chuvash (77.73%), and Cantonese (57.30%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ban Gu ranks 820 out of 7,302. Before him are Odysseas Elytis, Danilo Kiš, Charles Maurras, Tony Buzan, Jerome K. Jerome, and Edgar Wallace. After him are Theodor Fontane, Ahmad Khani, Neale Donald Walsch, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Ibn Hawqal, and Italo Svevo.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Odysseas Elytis
1911 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 814
Danilo Kiš
1935 - 1989
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 815
Charles Maurras
1868 - 1952
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 816
Tony Buzan
1942 - 2019
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 817
Jerome K. Jerome
1859 - 1927
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 818
Edgar Wallace
1875 - 1932
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 819
Ban Gu
32 - 92
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 820
Theodor Fontane
1819 - 1898
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 821
Ahmad Khani
1650 - 1707
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 822
Neale Donald Walsch
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 823
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
1724 - 1803
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 824
Ibn Hawqal
943 - 988
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 825
Italo Svevo
1861 - 1928
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 826

Contemporaries

Among people born in 32, Ban Gu ranks 2. Before him is Otho. After him is Ban Chao. Among people deceased in 92, Ban Gu ranks 3. Before him are Pope Anacletus, and Antipas of Pergamum. After him is Aristobulus of Chalcis.