WRITER

Fausto Cercignani

1941 - Today

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Fausto Cercignani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfausto tʃertʃiɲˈɲani]; born March 21, 1941) is an Italian scholar, essayist and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fausto Cercignani has received more than 141,715 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Fausto Cercignani is the 445th most popular writer (up from 513th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Italy (up from 634th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Italian Writer.

Fausto Cercignani is most famous for his contributions to the field of quantum field theory, in particular his work on the renormalization group.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 23.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fausto Cercignani ranks 445 out of 7,302. Before him are Meera, Lysias, Giacomo Leopardi, Auguste Escoffier, Propertius, and Rudaki. After him are Comte de Lautréamont, Ammianus Marcellinus, Karl Barth, Gabriela Mistral, Susan Sontag, and Salvatore Quasimodo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Fausto Cercignani ranks 32. Before him are Vivienne Westwood, Julia Kristeva, Jon Lord, Tadao Ando, Jon Brower Minnoch, and Laura Antonelli. After him are Flórián Albert, Dick Cheney, Nick Nolte, Faye Dunaway, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, and Paul Simon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fausto Cercignani ranks 569 out of 5,161. Before him are Philip of Swabia (1177), Benedetto Croce (1866), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), and Claudio Ranieri (1951). After him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Saint Eustace (10), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), and Gallienus (218).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Fausto Cercignani ranks 38. Before him are Cornelius Nepos (-100), Elena Ferrante (1943), Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), and Propertius (-50). After him are Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Tibullus (-50), Livius Andronicus (-280), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), and Statius (40).

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