1888 - 1935
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du pɨˈsoɐ]; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French. Pessoa was a prolific writer, and not only under his own name, for he created approximately seventy-five others, of which three stand out, Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos and Ricardo Reis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Pessoa has received more than 942,994 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Fernando Pessoa is the 167th most popular writer (down from 154th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Portugal and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Writer.
Fernando Pessoa is most famous for being a Portuguese poet and writer. He was born in Lisbon in 1888 and died in 1935.
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Among writers, Fernando Pessoa ranks 167 out of 5,794. Before him are Elias Canetti, Murasaki Shikibu, Du Fu, Snorri Sturluson, Petronius, and Ivo Andrić. After him are Juvenal, Cyrano de Bergerac, Joseph Conrad, Jean Racine, Menander, and Geoffrey Chaucer.
1905 - 1994
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 161
973 - 1014
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 162
712 - 770
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 163
1179 - 1241
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 164
27 - 66
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 165
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.14
Rank: 166
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 167
50 - 200
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 168
1619 - 1655
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 169
1857 - 1924
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 170
1639 - 1699
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 171
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 172
1343 - 1400
HPI: 79.96
Rank: 173
Among people born in 1888, Fernando Pessoa ranks 3. Before him are Heinz Guderian and T. E. Lawrence. After him are Dale Carnegie, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, John Logie Baird, Carl Schmitt, Nikolai Bukharin, Giorgio de Chirico, Otto Stern, José Raúl Capablanca, and Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Among people deceased in 1935, Fernando Pessoa ranks 4. Before him are Kazimir Malevich, Alfred Dreyfus, and T. E. Lawrence. After him are Paul Signac, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, Józef Piłsudski, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Arthur Henderson, Astrid of Sweden, and Auguste Escoffier.
1888 - 1954
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 2
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 3
1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 4
1888 - 1934
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 5
1888 - 1946
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 6
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 7
1888 - 1938
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 8
1888 - 1978
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 9
1888 - 1969
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 10
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 11
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 12
1879 - 1935
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 1
1859 - 1935
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 2
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 3
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 4
1863 - 1935
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 5
1882 - 1935
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 6
1885 - 1935
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 7
1867 - 1935
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 8
1857 - 1935
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 9
1863 - 1935
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 10
1905 - 1935
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 11
1847 - 1935
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Pessoa ranks 9 out of 479. Before him are Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Anthony of Padua (1195), José Saramago (1922), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), and Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467). After him are António Guterres (1949), Manuel I of Portugal (1469), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), Pope Damasus I (305), Pope John XXI (1215), and Luís de Camões (1524).
1450 - 1500
HPI: 87.21
Rank: 3
1195 - 1231
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 4
1922 - 2010
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 5
1394 - 1460
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 6
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 7
1467 - 1520
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 8
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 10
1469 - 1521
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 11
1109 - 1185
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 12
305 - 384
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 13
1215 - 1277
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 14
1524 - 1580
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 15
Among writers born in Portugal, Fernando Pessoa ranks 2. Before him are José Saramago (1922). After him are Luís de Camões (1524), Denis of Portugal (1261), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), António Vieira (1608), Luís Fróis (1532), Tomé Pires (1468), and Almeida Garrett (1799).
1922 - 2010
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 2
1524 - 1580
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 3
1261 - 1325
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 4
1845 - 1900
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 5
1460 - 1530
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 6
1465 - 1536
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 7
1496 - 1570
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1608 - 1697
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 9
1532 - 1597
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 10
1468 - 1540
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 11
1799 - 1854
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 12