1828 - 1888
Dora d'Istria, pen name of duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828, Bucharest – 17 November 1888, Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist. She was an advocate for the Albanian national cause of the 19th century, and promoted the Albanian struggle for independence in Western Europe, despite not knowing the Albanian language herself. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dora d'Istria has received more than 95,259 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dora d'Istria is the 1,914th most popular writer (down from 1,725th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 111th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Romanian Writer.
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Among writers, Dora d'Istria ranks 1,914 out of 5,755. Before her are Ahmad ibn Arabshah, A. B. Yehoshua, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Edmond Jabès, and Vita Sackville-West. After her are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Kaj Munk, Desanka Maksimović, Sanai, and Theodore I.
1389 - 1450
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 1,908
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 1,909
1669 - 1741
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 1,910
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 1,911
1912 - 1991
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 1,912
1892 - 1962
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 1,913
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 1,914
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 1,915
1080 - 1170
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 1,916
1898 - 1944
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 1,917
1898 - 1993
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 1,918
1080 - 1131
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 1,919
1290 - 1338
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 1,920
Among people born in 1828, Dora d'Istria ranks 27. Before her are Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Edmond François Valentin About, Iosif Gurko, Friedrich Albert Lange, and Antoinette de Mérode. After her are Andrew Taylor Still, Charles de Freycinet, Władysław Czartoryski, George Meredith, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, and Josephine Butler. Among people deceased in 1888, Dora d'Istria ranks 32. Before her are Namık Kemal, Edward Lear, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Princess Helena of Nassau, Charles Cros, and Philip Sheridan. After her are Jean-Marie Guyau, Henri Herz, Auguste Maquet, Ludvig Nobel, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Gustave Boulanger.
1828 - 1875
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 21
1828 - 1897
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 22
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 23
1828 - 1901
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 24
1828 - 1875
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 25
1828 - 1864
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 26
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 27
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 28
1828 - 1923
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 29
1828 - 1894
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 30
1828 - 1909
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 31
1828 - 1886
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 32
1828 - 1906
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 33
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 26
1812 - 1888
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 27
1817 - 1888
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 28
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 29
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 30
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 31
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 32
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 33
1803 - 1888
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 34
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 36
1815 - 1888
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 37
1824 - 1888
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 38
Among people born in Romania, Dora d'Istria ranks 132 out of 665. Before her are Victor Brauner (1903), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), László Bölöni (1953), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), and Armand Călinescu (1893). After her are Constantin Sănătescu (1885), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Traian Vuia (1872), László Tőkés (1952), Petre Roman (1946), and Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817).
1903 - 1966
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 126
1780 - 1821
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 127
1821 - 1890
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 128
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 129
1654 - 1714
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 130
1893 - 1939
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 131
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 132
1885 - 1947
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 133
1812 - 1841
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 134
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 135
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 136
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 137
1817 - 1891
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 138
Among writers born in Romania, Dora d'Istria ranks 17. Before her are Ion Creangă (1837), Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), and Vasile Alecsandri (1821). After her are János Arany (1817), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Tudor Arghezi (1880), and Benjamin Fondane (1898).
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 12
1852 - 1912
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 13
1891 - 1974
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 14
1901 - 1956
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 15
1821 - 1890
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 16
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 17
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 18
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 19
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 20
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 21
1880 - 1967
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 22
1898 - 1944
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 23