601 - 700
Bāṇabhaṭṭa (Sanskrit: बाणभट्ट) was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of the emperor Harsha, who reigned c. 606–647 CE in north India, first from Sthanvishvara (Thanesar), and later Kannauj. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bāṇabhaṭṭa has received more than 416,283 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Bāṇabhaṭṭa is the 1,029th most popular writer (up from 1,424th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from India (up from 141st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 1,029 out of 5,755. Before him are Bernhard Schlink, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, Ľudovít Štúr, Egill Skallagrímsson, and Shoko Asahara. After him are Jerome K. Jerome, Marcus Minucius Felix, John Malalas, Will Durant, Corinna, and Robert Merle.
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,023
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,024
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,025
1815 - 1856
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,026
904 - 990
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,027
1955 - 2018
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1,028
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,029
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,030
110 - 260
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,031
491 - 578
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,032
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,033
501 BC - 501 BC
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,034
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,035
Among people born in 601, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 3. Before him are Ali and Go of Balhae. After him are Qapaghan Qaghan, Julian, Count of Ceuta, Æthelred of Mercia, Ilterish Qaghan, Cenwalh of Wessex, Fructuosus of Braga, Peada of Mercia, and Óengus I. Among people deceased in 700, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 7. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Bahira, Isaac of Nineveh, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Di Renjie, and Abdullah ibn Saba'. After him are Eulji Mundeok, Cunipert, Daṇḍin, Sebeos, Sajah, and Adi ibn Hatim.
601 - 661
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 1
601 - 719
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 2
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 3
601 - 716
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 4
601 - 800
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 5
601 - 716
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6
601 - 693
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 7
601 - 672
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 8
601 - 665
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 9
601 - 656
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 10
601 - 761
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 11
640 - 700
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1
600 - 700
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 2
640 - 700
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 3
637 - 700
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
630 - 700
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 5
700 - 700
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 6
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 7
550 - 700
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 8
660 - 700
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 9
501 - 700
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 10
700 - 700
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 11
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 12
550 - 700
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 13
Among people born in India, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 119 out of 1,493. Before him are Pervez Musharraf (1943), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Namdev (1270), Jyotirao Phule (1827), and James Brooke (1803). After him are Sushruta (-620), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), and Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936).
1943 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 113
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 114
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 115
1270 - 1350
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 116
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 117
1803 - 1868
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 118
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 119
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 120
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 121
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 122
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 123
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 124
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 125
Among writers born in India, Bāṇabhaṭṭa ranks 21. Before him are Sarojini Naidu (1879), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Basava (1134), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Ahmed Deedat (1918), and Namdev (1270). After him are Bharata Muni (-1000), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Vidyapati (1352), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918).
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 15
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 16
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 17
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 18
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 19
1270 - 1350
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 20
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 21
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 22
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 23
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 24
1551 - 1602
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 25
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 26
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 27