64 BC - 17
Gaius Julius Hyginus (; c. 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' De Grammaticis, 20. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Julius Hyginus has received more than 197,768 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Gaius Julius Hyginus is the 604th most popular writer (down from 554th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Spain (down from 156th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Writer.
Gaius Julius Hyginus was a Roman author who is most famous for writing the poem "Fabulae".
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Among writers, Gaius Julius Hyginus ranks 604 out of 5,794. Before him are Robert Ludlum, John le Carré, Georg Büchner, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Bai Juyi. After him are Stieg Larsson, Karl Kraus, Alessandro Manzoni, Edmond Rostand, Klaus Mann, and Miguel Ángel Asturias.
1927 - 2001
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 598
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 599
1813 - 1837
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 600
400 - 450
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 601
1881 - 1958
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 602
772 - 846
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 603
64 BC - 17
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 604
1954 - 2004
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 605
1874 - 1936
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 606
1785 - 1873
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 607
1868 - 1918
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 608
1906 - 1949
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 609
1899 - 1974
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 610
Among people born in 64 BC, Gaius Julius Hyginus ranks 2. Before him is Strabo. After him are Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and Nicolaus of Damascus. Among people deceased in 17, Gaius Julius Hyginus ranks 3. Before him are Ovid and Livy. After him are Thusnelda, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Antiochus III of Commagene.
64 BC - 23
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 1
64 BC - 17
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 2
64 BC - 8
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 3
64 BC - 4
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 4
43 BC - 17
HPI: 87.59
Rank: 1
59 BC - 17
HPI: 83.97
Rank: 2
64 BC - 17
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 3
100 BC - 17
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 4
50 BC - 17
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 5
100 BC - 17
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 6
Among people born in Spain, Gaius Julius Hyginus ranks 158 out of 2,595. Before him are Henry II of Castile (1334), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), Enrique Granados (1867), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), Ibn Hazm (994), and Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881). After him are Peter II of Aragon (1174), Carlos Saura (1932), Hernando de Soto (1500), Josep Borrell (1947), John I of Castile (1358), and John, Prince of Asturias (1478).
1334 - 1379
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 152
1423 - 1494
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 153
1867 - 1916
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 154
1311 - 1350
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 155
994 - 1064
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 156
1881 - 1958
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 157
64 BC - 17
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 158
1174 - 1213
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 159
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 160
1500 - 1542
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 161
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 162
1358 - 1390
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 163
1478 - 1497
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 164
Among writers born in Spain, Gaius Julius Hyginus ranks 13. Before him are Lucan (39), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Seneca the Elder (-54), and Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881). After him are Columella (4), Camilo José Cela (1916), Judah Halevi (1079), Luis de Góngora (1561), Matilde Camus (1919), and Leo Africanus (1494).
39 - 65
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 7
1600 - 1681
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 8
1221 - 1284
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 9
1425 - 1474
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 10
54 BC - 39
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 11
1881 - 1958
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 12
64 BC - 17
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 13
4 - 70
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 14
1916 - 2002
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 15
1079 - 1141
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 16
1561 - 1627
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 17
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 18
1494 - 1554
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 19