2300 BC - 2300 BC
Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 Enḫéduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants) was the entu (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r. c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE). She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religious group at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion of her father and the native Sumerian religion. Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest known named author in world history, as a number of works in Sumerian literature, such as the Exaltation of Inanna feature her as the first-person narrator, and other works, such as the Sumerian Temple Hymns may identify her as their author. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enheduanna has received more than 820,723 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Enheduanna is the 463rd most popular writer (up from 480th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 36th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Writer.
Enheduanna is most famous for being the first known female author in the world. She was a high priestess and the daughter of Sargon, the founder of the Akkadian Empire.
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Among writers, Enheduanna ranks 463 out of 5,755. Before her are William of Rubruck, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vasily Grossman, and Wu Cheng'en. After her are Léopold Sédar Senghor, Henry IV of Castile, René Guénon, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Jacques Hébert, and Grazia Deledda.
1220 - 1293
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 457
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 458
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 459
400 - 450
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 460
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 461
1500 - 1582
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 462
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 463
1906 - 2001
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 464
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 465
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 466
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 467
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 468
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 469
Among people born in 2300 BC, Enheduanna ranks 3. Before her are Job and Sargon of Akkad. After her are Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Neferkare Neby, Autobiography of Harkhuf, Dudu of Akkad, Erridupizir, Puzur-Inshushinak, Ankhesenpepi IV, Iput II, and Pamba. Among people deceased in 2300 BC, Enheduanna ranks 1. After her are Rimush, Erridupizir, and Pamba.
2300 BC - 1945 BC
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 1
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 2
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 3
2300 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 4
2300 BC - 2260 BC
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5
2300 BC - 2259 BC
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 6
2300 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 7
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 8
2300 BC - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 9
2300 BC - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 10
2300 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 11
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 12
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 2
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 3
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4
Among people born in Iraq, Enheduanna ranks 42 out of 338. Before her are Eber (-2038), Möngke Khan (1209), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Suleyman Shah (1178), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971), and Al-Ash'ari (873). After her are Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Al-Jahiz (775), and Al-Musta'sim (1213).
2038 BC - 1574 BC
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 36
1209 - 1259
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 37
324 BC - 261 BC
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 38
1178 - 1236
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 39
1971 - 2019
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 40
873 - 936
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 41
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 42
900 BC - 824 BC
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 43
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 44
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 45
1344 BC - 1321 BC
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
775 - 868
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1213 - 1258
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 48
Among writers born in Iraq, Enheduanna ranks 5. Before her are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), Al-Masudi (896), Fuzûlî (1494), and Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900). After her are Berossus (-400), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718).
780 - 855
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 1
896 - 956
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 2
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 3
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 5
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 6
1116 - 1200
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 7
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 8
653 - 729
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 9
1000 - 995
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 10
1211 - 1282
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 11
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 12