239 BC - 169 BC
Quintus Ennius (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkᶣiːnt̪ʊs̺ ˈɛnːiʊs̺]; c. 239 – c. 169 BC) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ennius has received more than 207,198 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Ennius is the 414th most popular writer (down from 392nd in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Italy (down from 467th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Writer.
Ennius is most famous for his epic poem, Annales, which is an account of Rome from its founding to the time of Ennius.
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Among writers, Ennius ranks 414 out of 5,794. Before him are Pierre Beaumarchais, Attar of Nishapur, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jacques Hébert, and Ivan Goncharov. After him are Sergei Yesenin, Julio Cortázar, Traudl Junge, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Bernhard, and André Maurois.
1732 - 1799
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 408
1145 - 1220
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 409
1921 - 1990
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 410
1804 - 1864
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 411
1757 - 1794
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 412
1812 - 1891
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 413
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 414
1895 - 1925
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 415
1914 - 1984
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 416
1920 - 2002
HPI: 75.33
Rank: 417
1900 - 1938
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 418
1931 - 1989
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 419
1885 - 1967
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 420
Among people born in 239 BC, Ennius ranks 1. Among people deceased in 169 BC, Ennius ranks 1.
Among people born in Italy, Ennius ranks 512 out of 4,088. Before him are Pope Stephen I (200), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Benedetto Croce (1866), Giorgio Napolitano (1925), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), and Gianni Rodari (1920). After him are Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807), Gaius Caesar (-20), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), and Totila (500).
200 - 257
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 506
1749 - 1801
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 507
1866 - 1952
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 508
1925 - Present
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 509
1923 - 2019
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 510
1920 - 1980
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 511
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 512
1692 - 1766
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 513
1807 - 1876
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 514
20 BC - 4
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 515
1720 - 1778
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 516
1751 - 1819
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 517
500 - 552
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 518
Among writers born in Italy, Ennius ranks 35. Before him are Pietro Aretino (1492), Tibullus (-50), Propertius (-50), Livius Andronicus (-280), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), and Cornelius Nepos (-100). After him are Fausto Cercignani (1941), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863).
1492 - 1556
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 29
50 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 30
50 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 31
280 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 32
1474 - 1533
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 33
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 34
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 36
1478 - 1529
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 37
40 - 96
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 38
1846 - 1908
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 39
1749 - 1838
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 40
1863 - 1938
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 41