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Frano Selak

1929 - 2016

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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.

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  • 410k

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  • 45.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frano Selak ranks 4,904 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Frano Selak ranks 372Before 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 352Before 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.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 250 out of 589Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 30Before 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).