1928 - 2008
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (as transliterated from Russian; Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Төрөкулович Айтматов, romanized: Chynggyz Törökulovich Aytmatov; 12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chinghiz Aitmatov has received more than 341,179 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Chinghiz Aitmatov is the 253rd most popular writer (up from 276th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan and the 2nd most popular Kirghiz Writer.
Chinghiz Aitmatov is most famous for his novel, "The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years."
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Among writers, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 253 out of 5,794. Before him are Ian Fleming, Anna Akhmatova, Dario Fo, Torquato Tasso, Carlo Goldoni, and Terry Pratchett. After him are John Keats, Germaine de Staël, Frédéric Mistral, Robert Burns, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, and Henry Miller.
1908 - 1964
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 247
1889 - 1966
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 248
1926 - 2016
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 249
1544 - 1595
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 250
1707 - 1793
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 251
1948 - 2015
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 252
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 253
1795 - 1821
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 254
1766 - 1817
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 255
1830 - 1914
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 256
1759 - 1796
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 257
1749 - 1791
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 258
1891 - 1980
HPI: 77.63
Rank: 259
Among people born in 1928, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 12. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr., Noam Chomsky, Ariel Sharon, James Watson, Eduard Shevardnadze, and Philip K. Dick. After him are Serge Gainsbourg, Rinus Michels, Shirley Temple, Osamu Tezuka, Didi, and Yves Klein. Among people deceased in 2008, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 12. Before him are Bobby Fischer, Arthur C. Clarke, Charlton Heston, Suharto, Albert Hofmann, and Samuel P. Huntington. After him are Hua Guofeng, Jørn Utzon, Sydney Pollack, Harold Pinter, Roy Scheider, and Richard Widmark.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 6
1928 - Present
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 7
1928 - 2014
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 9
1928 - 2014
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 10
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 11
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 12
1928 - 1991
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 13
1928 - 2005
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 14
1928 - 2014
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 15
1928 - 1989
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 16
1928 - 2001
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 17
1928 - 1962
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 18
1943 - 2008
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 6
1917 - 2008
HPI: 79.21
Rank: 7
1923 - 2008
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 8
1921 - 2008
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 9
1906 - 2008
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 10
1927 - 2008
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 11
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 12
1921 - 2008
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 13
1918 - 2008
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 14
1934 - 2008
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 15
1930 - 2008
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 16
1932 - 2008
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 17
1914 - 2008
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 18
Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 2 out of 40. Before him are Li Bai (701). After him are Mikhail Frunze (1885), Yūsuf Balasaguni (1020), Askar Akayev (1944), Roza Otunbayeva (1950), Kurmanbek Bakiyev (1949), Sooronbay Jeenbekov (1958), Sabuktigin (942), Almazbek Atambayev (1956), Vitali Klitschko (1971), and Toktogul Satylganov (1864).
701 - 762
HPI: 84.15
Rank: 1
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 2
1885 - 1925
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 3
1020 - 1075
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 6
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 8
942 - 997
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 10
1971 - Present
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 11
1864 - 1933
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Kyrgyzstan, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 2. Before him are Li Bai (701).