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 386,694 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Chinghiz Aitmatov is the 207th most popular writer (up from 253rd 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 207 out of 5,755. Before him are Herman Melville, Taras Shevchenko, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Stéphane Mallarmé, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Henryk Sienkiewicz. After him are Colette, Wisława Szymborska, Ferdowsi, Pierre Corneille, Pearl S. Buck, and Adam Mickiewicz.
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 201
1814 - 1861
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 202
1902 - 1991
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 203
1842 - 1898
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 204
1770 - 1843
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 205
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 206
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 207
1873 - 1954
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 208
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 209
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 210
1606 - 1684
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 211
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 212
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 213
Among people born in 1928, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 11. Before him are Ennio Morricone, Hosni Mubarak, Noam Chomsky, Ariel Sharon, Eduard Shevardnadze, and James Watson. After him are Serge Gainsbourg, Philip K. Dick, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Osamu Tezuka, Jeanne Moreau, and Rinus Michels. Among people deceased in 2008, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 6. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Yves Saint Laurent, Bobby Fischer, Paul Newman, and Edmund Hillary. After him are Arthur C. Clarke, Irena Sendler, Suharto, Samuel P. Huntington, Charlton Heston, and Albert Hofmann.
1928 - 2020
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 5
1928 - 2020
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 6
1928 - Present
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 7
1928 - 2014
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 8
1928 - 2014
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 9
1928 - Present
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 10
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 11
1928 - 1991
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 12
1928 - 1982
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 13
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 14
1928 - 1989
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 15
1928 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 16
1928 - 2005
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 17
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 1
1936 - 2008
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 2
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 3
1925 - 2008
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 4
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 6
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 7
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 8
1921 - 2008
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 9
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 10
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 11
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12
Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 2 out of 55. Before him are Li Bai (701). After him are Yūsuf Balasaguni (1020), Mikhail Frunze (1885), Askar Akayev (1944), Kurmanbek Bakiyev (1949), Roza Otunbayeva (1950), Sabuktigin (942), Vitali Klitschko (1971), Kurmanjan Datka (1811), Almazbek Atambayev (1956), and Sooronbay Jeenbekov (1958).
701 - 762
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 1
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 2
1020 - 1075
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 3
1885 - 1925
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 7
942 - 997
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 8
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 9
1811 - 1907
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 10
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Kyrgyzstan, Chinghiz Aitmatov ranks 2. Before him are Li Bai (701). After him are Alykul Osmonov (1915).
701 - 762
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 1
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 2
1915 - 1950
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 3