84 BC - 54 BC
Gaius Valerius Catullus ( kə-TUL-əs; Latin: [kaˈtʊllʊs]; c. 84 – c. 54 BC) was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, which is about personal life rather than classical heroes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catullus has received more than 730,357 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia. Catullus is the 144th most popular writer (down from 135th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 164th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Writer.
Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who is most famous for his poems to his lover, Lesbia.
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Among writers, Catullus ranks 144 out of 5,794. Before him are Guillaume Apollinaire, Charlotte Brontë, Eugène Ionesco, Tove Jansson, Aldous Huxley, and Haruki Murakami. After him are J. D. Salinger, John Steinbeck, H. P. Lovecraft, Pliny the Younger, Ferdowsi, and Lou Andreas-Salomé.
1880 - 1918
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 138
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 139
1909 - 1994
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 140
1914 - 2001
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 141
1894 - 1963
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 142
1949 - Present
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 143
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 144
1919 - 2010
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 145
1902 - 1968
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 146
1890 - 1937
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 147
61 - 113
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 148
940 - 1020
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 149
1861 - 1937
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 150
Among people born in 84 BC, Catullus ranks 1. After him are Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus and Surena. Among people deceased in 54 BC, Catullus ranks 1. After him are Ariovistus, Julia, Aurelia Cotta, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, and Mithridates IV of Parthia.
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 1
84 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 2
84 BC - 52 BC
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 3
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 1
101 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 2
76 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 3
120 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 4
50 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 5
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 6
Among people born in Italy, Catullus ranks 173 out of 4,088. Before him are Pope Gregory XII (1335), Amedeo Avogadro (1776), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Giorgione (1478), Pope Clement XII (1652), and Pope Innocent X (1574). After him are Pope Formosus (816), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Pope Pius IV (1499), Giovanni Bellini (1430), Pope Gregory XV (1554), and Vincenzo Bellini (1801).
1335 - 1417
HPI: 80.77
Rank: 167
1776 - 1856
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 168
1520 - 1590
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 169
1478 - 1510
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 170
1652 - 1740
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 171
1574 - 1655
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 172
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 173
816 - 896
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 174
1768 - 1835
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 175
1499 - 1565
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 176
1430 - 1516
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 177
1554 - 1623
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 178
1801 - 1835
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 179
Among writers born in Italy, Catullus ranks 14. Before him are Umberto Eco (1932), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Cato the Elder (-243), Plautus (-254), Carlo Collodi (1826), and Guillaume Apollinaire (1880). After him are Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), Christine de Pizan (1365), Sallust (-86), Dario Fo (1926), and Torquato Tasso (1544).
1932 - 2016
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 8
1511 - 1574
HPI: 83.68
Rank: 9
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 82.86
Rank: 10
254 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 11
1826 - 1890
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 12
1880 - 1918
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 13
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 14
61 - 113
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 15
50 - 200
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 16
1365 - 1430
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 17
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 18
1926 - 2016
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 19
1544 - 1595
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 20