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Emma Orczy

1865 - 1947

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Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture. Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emma Orczy has received more than 270,538 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Emma Orczy is the 2,900th most popular writer (down from 2,327th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 238th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 270k

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  • 51.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Emma Orczy ranks 2,900 out of 5,755. Before her are José Donoso, Marcellus of Ancyra, Hồ Xuân Hương, Abbās al-Aqqād, Jens Baggesen, and Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus. After her are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, William Goldman, Leah Goldberg, Xanthus, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Anne Applebaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Emma Orczy ranks 97. Before her are Edgar Aabye, Albéric Magnard, Emma Eckstein, Epitácio Pessoa, Édouard Chavannes, and Lubor Niederle. After her are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Erich von Drygalski, Henri Lebasque, Pierre Weiss, Cândido Rondon, and May Whitty. Among people deceased in 1947, Emma Orczy ranks 110. Before her are Theodore Romzha, Evelyn McHale, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Marc Mitscher, and Francesc Cambó. After her are Frances Cleveland, Ivan Regen, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Felix Timmermans, Ricarda Huch, and Petar Živković.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Emma Orczy ranks 302 out of 866. Before her are Gyula Kellner (1871), László Benedek (1905), György Orth (1901), Peter Lax (1926), Márton Bukovi (1903), and Zoltán Fábri (1917). After her are Gábor Szabó (1936), Sára Salkaházi (1899), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Mickey Hargitay (1926), and Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Emma Orczy ranks 32. Before her are Béla Király (1912), Anton Bernolák (1762), George Tabori (1914), László Krasznahorkai (1954), Rosika Schwimmer (1877), and Mihály Vörösmarty (1800). After her are Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Mihály Babits (1883), Antal Szerb (1901), László Polgár (1946), Tibor Déry (1894), and Milán Füst (1888).

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