Writer
Chairil Anwar
Indonesian poet
1922 - 1949
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Chairil Anwar
His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Chairil Anwar is the 3,731st most popular writer (up from 4,050th in 2024), the 41st most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 51st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indonesian Writer.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Chairil Anwar ranks 3,731 out of 7,302. Before him are Stevan Sremac, Leslie Stephen, Georgette Heyer, Aphthonius of Antioch, Philipp Nicolai, and Pavel Bazhov. After him are Gioconda Belli, Mikhail Prishvin, Francisco Coloane, Dmitry Likhachov, Peter Gould, and Anthony Berkeley Cox.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Stevan Sremac
1855 - 1906
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 3,725
Leslie Stephen
1832 - 1904
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 3,726
Georgette Heyer
1902 - 1974
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 3,727
Aphthonius of Antioch
300 - 400
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 3,728
Philipp Nicolai
1556 - 1608
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 3,729
Pavel Bazhov
1879 - 1950
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 3,730
Chairil Anwar
1922 - 1949
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 3,731
Gioconda Belli
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 3,732
Mikhail Prishvin
1873 - 1954
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 3,733
Francisco Coloane
1910 - 2002
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 3,734
Dmitry Likhachov
1906 - 1999
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 3,735
Peter Gould
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 3,736
Anthony Berkeley Cox
1893 - 1971
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 3,737
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1922, Chairil Anwar ranks 233. Before him are Sabino Barinaga, Tom Finney, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Pio Laghi, Lennart Nilsson, and Dorothy Dandridge. After him are Joseph Mermans, Gerda Steinhoff, Nazim Al-Haqqani, Richard Kiley, Carmen McRae, and Hal Moore. Among people deceased in 1949, Chairil Anwar ranks 113. Before him are Jankel Adler, Fedor Ozep, Ehmetjan Qasim, Joaquín Torres-García, Kijirō Nambu, and Oton Župančič. After him are Uemura Shōen, Helen Churchill Candee, Elin Pelin, Sekiryo Kaneda, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, and Émile Eddé.
Others Born in 1922
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Sabino Barinaga
COACH
1922 - 1988
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 227
Tom Finney
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2014
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 228
Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2008
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 229
Pio Laghi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 230
Lennart Nilsson
PHOTOGRAPHER
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 231
Dorothy Dandridge
ACTOR
1922 - 1965
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 232
Chairil Anwar
WRITER
1922 - 1949
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 233
Joseph Mermans
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 1996
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 234
Gerda Steinhoff
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1946
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 235
Nazim Al-Haqqani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1922 - 2014
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 236
Richard Kiley
ACTOR
1922 - 1999
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 237
Carmen McRae
SINGER
1922 - 1994
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 238
Hal Moore
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 239
Others Deceased in 1949
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Jankel Adler
PAINTER
1895 - 1949
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 107
Fedor Ozep
FILM DIRECTOR
1895 - 1949
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 108
Ehmetjan Qasim
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1949
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 109
Joaquín Torres-García
PAINTER
1874 - 1949
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 110
Kijirō Nambu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1869 - 1949
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 111
Oton Župančič
WRITER
1878 - 1949
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 112
Chairil Anwar
WRITER
1922 - 1949
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 113
Uemura Shōen
PAINTER
1875 - 1949
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 114
Helen Churchill Candee
WRITER
1858 - 1949
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 115
Elin Pelin
WRITER
1877 - 1949
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 116
Sekiryo Kaneda
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1949
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 117
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1874 - 1949
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 118
Émile Eddé
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1949
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 119
In Indonesia
Among people born in Indonesia, Chairil Anwar ranks 41 out of NaN. Before him are Ma'ruf Amin (1943), Sultan Agung of Mataram (1593), Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889), Hary Gunarto (1954), I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917), and Fatmawati (1923). After him are Anneke Grönloh (1942), Pattimura (1783), Jusuf Kalla (1942), Valerie Mahaffey (1953), Arie de Jong (1865), and Ita Wegman (1876).
Others born in Indonesia
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Ma'ruf Amin
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 35
Sultan Agung of Mataram
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1593 - 1645
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 36
Ki Hajar Dewantara
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1959
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 37
Hary Gunarto
INVENTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 38
I Gusti Ngurah Rai
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1917 - 1946
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 39
Fatmawati
POLITICIAN
1923 - 1980
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 40
Chairil Anwar
WRITER
1922 - 1949
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 41
Anneke Grönloh
SINGER
1942 - 2018
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 42
Pattimura
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1783 - 1817
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 43
Jusuf Kalla
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 44
Valerie Mahaffey
ACTOR
1953 - 2025
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 45
Arie de Jong
LINGUIST
1865 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 46
Ita Wegman
PHYSICIAN
1876 - 1943
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 47
Among Writers In Indonesia
Among writers born in Indonesia, Chairil Anwar ranks 3. Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), and Hella Haasse (1918). After him are Amir Hamzah (1911), Abdul Muis (1883), Nh. Dini (1936), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), and Ayu Utami (1968).
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
1925 - 2006
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 1
Hella Haasse
1918 - 2011
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 2
Chairil Anwar
1922 - 1949
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 3
Amir Hamzah
1911 - 1946
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 4
Abdul Muis
1883 - 1959
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 5
Nh. Dini
1936 - 2018
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 6
Mochtar Lubis
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 7
Xaviera Hollander
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 8
Sapardi Djoko Damono
1940 - 2020
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9
Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 10
Jeroen Brouwers
1940 - 2022
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 11
Ayu Utami
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 12
