1929 - 2016
Frano Selak or Frane Selak (14 June 1929 – 30 November 2016) was a Croatian man who was known for his unverified depictions about frequent brushes with death. Selak's alleged near-death experiences began in January 1962 when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flew off the tracks and crashed in a river. An unknown person pulled Selak to safety, while 17 other passengers drowned. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frano Selak has received more than 410,690 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frano Selak is the 4,904th most popular writer, the 250th most popular biography from Croatia and the 30th most popular Croatian Writer.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among writers, Frano Selak ranks 4,904 out of 5,755. Before him are Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Tom Peters, Ted Chiang, Henriette Roland Holst, Edward Rutherfurd, and François Weyergans. After him are Lester del Rey, Ring Lardner, Eoin Colfer, Joel Chandler Harris, Francis de Miomandre, and Mark Strand.
1842 - 1902
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,898
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,899
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,900
1869 - 1952
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,901
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,902
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,903
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,904
1915 - 1993
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 4,905
1885 - 1933
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,906
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,907
1848 - 1908
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,908
1880 - 1959
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,909
1934 - 2014
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,910
Among people born in 1929, Frano Selak ranks 372. Before him are Amar Bose, Francis Bebey, Kazimierz Kutz, Ilene Woods, Georgios Roubanis, and Terry Moore. After him are Mario Francesco Pompedda, Bert Stern, Yvette Williams, Pat Crawford Brown, J. B. Lenoir, and Hal Blaine. Among people deceased in 2016, Frano Selak ranks 352. Before him are Tom M. Apostol, Amelia Bence, Adolf Born, Henning Enoksen, Piers Sellers, and Tom Kibble. After him are Burt Kwouk, Roger Dumas, Howard Marks, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Davalos, and Tina Anselmi.
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 366
1929 - 2001
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 367
1929 - 2018
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 368
1929 - 2010
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 369
1929 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 370
1929 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 371
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 372
1929 - 2006
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 373
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 374
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 375
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 376
1929 - 1967
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 377
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 378
1923 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 346
1914 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 347
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 348
1935 - 2016
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 349
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 350
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 351
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 352
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 353
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 354
1945 - 2016
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 355
1925 - 2016
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 356
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 357
1927 - 2016
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 358
Among people born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 250 out of 589. Before him are Abdon Pamich (1933), Milan Rapaić (1973), Ivica Kostelić (1979), Zvonimir Soldo (1967), Tihomir Orešković (1966), and Giovanni Arpino (1927). After him are Velimir Zajec (1956), William Feller (1906), Stipe Pletikosa (1979), Ivan Gudelj (1960), Radojka Šverko (1948), and Dražen Ladić (1963).
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 244
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 245
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 246
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 247
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 248
1927 - 1987
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 249
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 250
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 251
1906 - 1970
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 252
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 253
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 254
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 255
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 256
Among writers born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 30. Before him are Simo Matavulj (1852), Dimitrija Demeter (1811), Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865), Ranko Marinković (1913), Vesna Parun (1922), and Giovanni Arpino (1927). After him are Vjenceslav Novak (1859), Pavao Pavličić (1946), and Miro Gavran (1961).
1852 - 1908
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 24
1811 - 1872
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 25
1865 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 26
1913 - 2001
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 27
1922 - 2010
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 28
1927 - 1987
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 29
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 30
1859 - 1905
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 31
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 32
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 33