1554 - 1594
Baron Bálint Balassi de Kékkő et Gyarmat (Hungarian: Gyarmati és kékkői báró Balassi Bálint, Slovak: Valentín Balaša (Valaša) barón z Ďarmôt a Modrého Kameňa; 20 October 1554 – 30 May 1594) was a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian, but was also proficient in eight more languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian and Romanian. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bálint Balassi has received more than 66,646 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Bálint Balassi is the 2,128th most popular writer (up from 2,257th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovak Writer.
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Among writers, Bálint Balassi ranks 2,128 out of 5,755. Before him are Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Quadratus of Athens, Elena Poniatowska, Jaggi Vasudev, Heinrich Glarean, and John Mandeville. After him are Shakuntala Devi, Abraham ibn Daud, Thorbjørn Egner, Vera Brittain, Giovanni Battista Guarini, and Harold Bloom.
1125 - 1201
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,122
100 - 129
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,123
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,124
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,125
1488 - 1563
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,126
1300 - 1372
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,127
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,128
1929 - 2013
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,129
1110 - 1180
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,130
1912 - 1990
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,131
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,132
1538 - 1612
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,133
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,134
Among people born in 1554, Bálint Balassi ranks 9. Before him are Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Walter Raleigh, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, and Philip Sidney. After him are Ernest of Bavaria, Bartolomeo Carducci, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Girolamo Diruta, Richard Hooker, and John Lyly. Among people deceased in 1594, Bálint Balassi ranks 8. Before him are Tintoretto, Gerardus Mercator, Orlande de Lassus, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Ishikawa Goemon, and Martin Frobisher. After him are Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, and Girolamo Mei.
1554 - 1592
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 3
1554 - 1618
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 4
1554 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 5
1554 - 1618
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 6
1554 - 1581
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 7
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 8
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 9
1554 - 1612
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 10
1554 - 1608
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 11
1554 - 1593
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 12
1554 - 1610
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 13
1554 - 1600
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 14
1554 - 1606
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 15
1518 - 1594
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 2
1512 - 1594
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 3
1534 - 1594
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 4
1534 - 1594
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 5
1558 - 1594
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 6
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 7
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 8
1533 - 1594
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9
1558 - 1594
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 10
1519 - 1594
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 11
Among people born in Slovakia, Bálint Balassi ranks 65 out of 357. Before him are Ján Popluhár (1935), Teréz Brunszvik (1775), Ondrej Nepela (1951), Alexander Mach (1902), Jozef Adamec (1942), and Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853). After him are Stephan Endlicher (1804), Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Robert Fico (1964), Maximilian Hell (1720), Vladimír Clementis (1902), and Martina Hingis (1980).
1935 - 2011
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 59
1775 - 1861
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 60
1951 - 1989
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 61
1902 - 1980
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 62
1942 - 2018
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 63
1853 - 1919
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 64
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 65
1804 - 1849
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 66
1871 - 1932
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 67
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 68
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 69
1902 - 1952
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 70
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 71
Among writers born in Slovakia, Bálint Balassi ranks 5. Before him are Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795), Tibor Sekelj (1912), Ľudovít Štúr (1815), and Ján Kollár (1793). After him are Vladimír Clementis (1902), Imre Madách (1823), Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), Janko Matúška (1821), and Lajos Kassák (1887).
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 1
1912 - 1988
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 2
1815 - 1856
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 3
1793 - 1852
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 4
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 5
1902 - 1952
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 6
1823 - 1864
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 7
1847 - 1910
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 8
1849 - 1921
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 9
1817 - 1888
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 10
1821 - 1877
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 11
1887 - 1967
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 12