1964 - 2020
Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos rwiθ θaˈfon]; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Ruiz Zafón has received more than 1,197,697 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the 875th most popular writer (down from 822nd in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Spain (down from 240th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Writer.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón is most famous for his novel, The Shadow of the Wind.
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Among writers, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 875 out of 5,755. Before him are H. Rider Haggard, Appius Claudius Caecus, Jean de Joinville, Gerard of Cremona, Ali Shariati, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. After him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Gaius Lucilius, Basava, Vicente Aleixandre, Hans Sachs, and Eugène Scribe.
1856 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 869
340 BC - 273 BC
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 870
1224 - 1317
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 871
1114 - 1187
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 872
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 873
1809 - 1892
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 874
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 875
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 876
180 BC - 102 BC
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 877
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 878
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 879
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 880
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 881
Among people born in 1964, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 21. Before him are Roberto Mancini, Juliette Binoche, Michael Laudrup, Rocco Siffredi, Jürgen Klinsmann, and Nigel Farage. After him are Michelle Obama, Famke Janssen, Guillermo del Toro, Courteney Cox, Oleksandr Turchynov, and Klaus Ebner. Among people deceased in 2020, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 52. Before him are Stirling Moss, Joel Schumacher, Kobe Bryant, Mirella Freni, Nexhmije Hoxha, and Luis Sepúlveda. After him are Eduard Limonov, Ulay, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Clive Cussler, Philip Warren Anderson, and James Randi.
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 15
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 16
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 17
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 18
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 19
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 20
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 21
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 22
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 23
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 25
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 26
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 27
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 46
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 47
1978 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 48
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 49
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 50
1949 - 2020
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 51
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 52
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 53
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 54
1941 - 2020
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 55
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 56
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 57
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 58
Among people born in Spain, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 267 out of 2,932. Before him are Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), Carles Puyol (1978), Eleanor of Castile (1241), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), and Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822). After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Rafael Nadal (1986), and Raymond of Penyafort (1175).
1609 - 1641
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 261
1978 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 262
1241 - 1290
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 263
1626 - 1667
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 264
1522 - 1562
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 265
1822 - 1902
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 266
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 267
1285 - 1312
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 268
1908 - 1975
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 269
1008 - 1063
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 270
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 271
1986 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 272
1175 - 1275
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 273
Among writers born in Spain, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 26. Before him are Judah Halevi (1079), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Antonio Machado (1875), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Matilde Camus (1919), and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836). After him are Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), and Prudentius (348).
1079 - 1141
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 20
1866 - 1954
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 21
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 22
1534 - 1597
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 23
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 24
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 25
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 26
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 27
1240 - 1292
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 28
1843 - 1920
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 29
1922 - 2001
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 30
1501 - 1536
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 31
348 - 413
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 32