1929 - 1978
Georgi Ivanov Markov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Марков [ɡɛˈɔrɡi ˈmarkof]; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 1978. After relocating to London, he worked as a broadcaster and journalist for the BBC World Service, the US-funded Radio Free Europe and West Germany's Deutsche Welle. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgi Markov has received more than 1,096,883 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Georgi Markov is the 1,254th most popular writer (down from 1,171st in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 36th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Bulgarian Writer.
Georgi Markov was a Bulgarian dissident who was assassinated by the KGB in 1978. He was famous for being the target of a weapon called a "poison umbrella" which was used to inject him with ricin.
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Among writers, Georgi Markov ranks 1,254 out of 5,755. Before him are Laura Marx, Per Olov Enquist, Johann Peter Eckermann, Thomas of Celano, Aksel Sandemose, and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans. After him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Arnold Zweig, Régis Debray, B. K. S. Iyengar, Blaise Cendrars, and Annemarie Schwarzenbach.
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,248
1934 - 2020
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,249
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,250
1185 - 1260
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,251
1899 - 1965
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,252
1426 - 1487
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,253
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,254
1893 - 1945
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,255
1887 - 1968
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,256
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,257
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,258
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,259
1908 - 1942
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 1,260
Among people born in 1929, Georgi Markov ranks 97. Before him are Fernanda Montenegro, Helmut Rahn, Abdel Halim Hafez, Ivar Giaever, Yozo Aoki, and Alasdair MacIntyre. After him are Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bob Denard, John Polanyi, June Carter Cash, Kjell Askildsen, and Věra Chytilová. Among people deceased in 1978, Georgi Markov ranks 43. Before him are Étienne Gilson, Keith Moon, Charles Boyer, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Roger Caillois, and Burt Munro. After him are Ida Noddack, Musa al-Sadr, Vincent du Vigneaud, Carlo Scarpa, Ignazio Silone, and Charles Eames.
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 91
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 92
1929 - 1977
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 93
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 94
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 95
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 96
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 97
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 98
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 99
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 100
1929 - 2003
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 101
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 102
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 103
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 37
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 38
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 39
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 40
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 41
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 42
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 43
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 44
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 45
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 46
1906 - 1978
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 47
1900 - 1978
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 48
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 49
Among people born in Bulgaria, Georgi Markov ranks 42 out of 372. Before him are Boris Christoff (1914), Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (1300), Kiril, Prince of Preslav (1895), Petar Mladenov (1936), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), and Kristalina Georgieva (1953). After him are Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), Ivan Vazov (1850), Irina Bokova (1952), John of Rila (876), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), and Hristo Botev (1848).
1914 - 1993
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 36
1300 - 1371
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 37
1895 - 1945
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 38
1936 - 2000
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 39
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 40
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 41
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 42
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 43
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 45
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 46
1280 - 1330
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 47
1848 - 1876
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 48
Among writers born in Bulgaria, Georgi Markov ranks 5. Before him are Aesop (-620), Elias Canetti (1905), Saint Naum (830), and Chernorizets Hrabar (890). After him are Ivan Vazov (1850), Hristo Botev (1848), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Sabahattin Ali (1907), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Elin Pelin (1877), and Blaga Dimitrova (1922).
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 1
1905 - 1994
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 2
830 - 910
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 3
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 4
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 5
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 6
1848 - 1876
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
1365 - 1420
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 8
1907 - 1948
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9
1821 - 1867
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 10
1877 - 1949
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 11
1922 - 2003
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 12