1936 - 1972
Ghassan Kanafani (Arabic: غسان كنفاني, 8 April 1936 – 8 July 1972) was a Palestinian author and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghassan Kanafani has received more than 530,587 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ghassan Kanafani is the 1,531st most popular writer (up from 1,612th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Israel (up from 144th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Israeli Writer.
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Among writers, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 1,531 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean-Jacques Ampère, Andal, Margherita Sarfatti, Giorgio Bassani, Robert Desnos, and Anne Desclos. After him are Péter Nádas, P. D. James, Deepak Chopra, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, and Jan Guillou.
1800 - 1864
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,525
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,526
1880 - 1961
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,527
1916 - 2000
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,528
1900 - 1945
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,529
1907 - 1998
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,530
1936 - 1972
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,531
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,532
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,533
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,534
1522 - 1592
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,535
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,536
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 1,537
Among people born in 1936, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 110. Before him are Gianni Vattimo, André Kolingba, Dan Inosanto, Jo Siffert, Théo Sarapo, and Carol Gilligan. After him are Charles Dutoit, Jim Henson, Ivan Stambolić, Georgina Spelvin, Omar Suleiman, and Jacques Mesrine. Among people deceased in 1972, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 53. Before him are Mahalia Jackson, Henry de Montherlant, Martiros Saryan, Josep Samitier, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. After him are Eugène Tisserant, Harlow Shapley, Matvei Zakharov, Stephen Timoshenko, Lester B. Pearson, and Watchman Nee.
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 104
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 105
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 106
1936 - 1971
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 107
1936 - 1970
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 108
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 109
1936 - 1972
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 110
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 111
1936 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 112
1936 - 2000
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 113
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 114
1936 - 2012
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 115
1936 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 116
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 47
1895 - 1972
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 48
1880 - 1972
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 49
1902 - 1972
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 50
1887 - 1972
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 51
1929 - 1972
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 52
1936 - 1972
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 53
1884 - 1972
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 54
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 55
1898 - 1972
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 56
1878 - 1972
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 57
1897 - 1972
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 58
1903 - 1972
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 59
Among people born in Israel, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 140 out of 430. Before him are Naftali Bennett (1972), Israel Tal (1924), Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Ilan Ramon (1954), and Shoghi Effendi (1897). After him are Jonathan Apphus (-200), Avram Grant (1955), Haya Harareet (1931), Menahem Golan (1929), Valerius Gratus (-50), and Yigael Yadin (1917).
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 134
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 135
1066 - 1121
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 136
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 137
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 138
1897 - 1957
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 139
1936 - 1972
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 140
200 BC - 143 BC
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 141
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 142
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 143
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 144
50 BC - 100
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 145
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 146
Among writers born in Israel, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 6. Before him are John the Evangelist (10), Amos Oz (1939), Edward Said (1935), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), and David Grossman (1954). After him are A. B. Yehoshua (1936), Justus of Tiberias (35), May Ziade (1886), Ahron Daum (1951), Emile Habibi (1922), and Meir Shalev (1948).
10 - 100
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 1
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 2
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 3
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 5
1936 - 1972
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 6
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 7
35 - 100
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 8
1886 - 1941
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 9
1951 - 2018
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 10
1922 - 1996
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 12