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 1,638,764 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Fernando Pessoa is the 159th most popular writer (up from 167th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 9th in 2019) 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 159 out of 5,755. Before him are André Breton, Dr. Seuss, William Faulkner, Pliny the Younger, Jean Racine, and Hafez. After him are Menander, Novalis, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Lucian, Naguib Mahfouz, and Karl Adolph Gjellerup.
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 153
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 154
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 155
61 - 113
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 156
1639 - 1699
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 157
1325 - 1389
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 158
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 159
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 160
1772 - 1801
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 161
780 - 855
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 162
120 - 200
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 163
1911 - 2006
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 164
1857 - 1919
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 165
Among people born in 1888, Fernando Pessoa ranks 2. Before him is Heinz Guderian. After him are T. E. Lawrence, Dale Carnegie, John Logie Baird, José Raúl Capablanca, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Giorgio de Chirico, Otto Stern, Carl Schmitt, Nikolai Bukharin, and Nestor Makhno. Among people deceased in 1935, Fernando Pessoa ranks 3. Before him are Kazimir Malevich and Alfred Dreyfus. After him are T. E. Lawrence, Józef Piłsudski, Paul Signac, Emmy Noether, Arthur Henderson, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alban Berg, Astrid of Sweden, and André Citroën.
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 2
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 3
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 4
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 5
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 6
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 7
1888 - 1978
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 8
1888 - 1969
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 9
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 10
1888 - 1938
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 11
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 12
1879 - 1935
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 1
1859 - 1935
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 2
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 4
1867 - 1935
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 5
1863 - 1935
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 6
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 7
1863 - 1935
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 8
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 9
1885 - 1935
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 10
1905 - 1935
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 11
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 12
Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Pessoa ranks 10 out of 555. Before him are Anthony of Padua (1195), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), José Saramago (1922), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), and António Guterres (1949). After him are Manuel I of Portugal (1469), Pope Damasus I (305), Luís de Camões (1524), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), Pedro I of Brazil (1798), and Cristiano Ronaldo (1985).
1195 - 1231
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 4
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 5
1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 6
1922 - 2010
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 7
1467 - 1520
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 9
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 10
1469 - 1521
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 11
305 - 384
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 12
1524 - 1580
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 13
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 14
1798 - 1834
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 15
1985 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 16
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), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Tomé Pires (1468), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Luís Fróis (1532).
1922 - 2010
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 2
1524 - 1580
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 3
1261 - 1325
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 4
1460 - 1530
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 5
1845 - 1900
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 6
1465 - 1536
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 7
1496 - 1570
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 8
1468 - 1540
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 9
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 10
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 11
1532 - 1597
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 12