1900 - 1971
Giorgos or George Seferis (; Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης [ˈʝorɣos seˈferis]), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 29] 1900 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giorgos Seferis has received more than 228,472 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Giorgos Seferis is the 504th most popular writer (down from 486th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 216th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Turkish Writer.
Giorgos Seferis is most famous for his poetry. He was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1900 and died in Athens in 1971.
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Among writers, Giorgos Seferis ranks 504 out of 5,794. Before him are D. H. Lawrence, Octavio Paz, Muhammad Iqbal, Frank Herbert, Ellen G. White, and George Steiner. After him are Héloïse, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Vasily Grossman, Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, and José Martí.
1885 - 1930
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 498
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 499
1877 - 1938
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 500
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 501
1827 - 1915
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 502
1929 - 2020
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 503
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 504
1101 - 1164
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 505
1845 - 1904
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 506
1905 - 1964
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 507
1842 - 1925
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 508
1842 - 1911
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 509
1853 - 1895
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 510
Among people born in 1900, Giorgos Seferis ranks 25. Before him are Dennis Gabor, Sándor Márai, Thomas Wolfe, Hans Fritzsche, Hans Adolf Krebs, and Jan Oort. After him are Kurt Weill, Eyvind Johnson, Urho Kekkonen, Karl Wolff, Choe Yong-gon, and W. Edwards Deming. Among people deceased in 1971, Giorgos Seferis ranks 18. Before him are Arne Jacobsen, Wilhelm List, D. B. Cooper, Harold Lloyd, Igor Tamm, and Gotthard Heinrici. After him are Lin Biao, Rudolf Abel, Paul Karrer, Mátyás Rákosi, Theodor Svedberg, and Donald Winnicott.
1900 - 1979
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 19
1900 - 1989
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 20
1900 - 1938
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 21
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 22
1900 - 1981
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 23
1900 - 1992
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 24
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 25
1900 - 1950
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 26
1900 - 1976
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 27
1900 - 1986
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 28
1900 - 1984
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 29
1900 - 1976
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 30
1900 - 1993
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 31
1902 - 1971
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 12
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 13
1931 - 1971
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 14
1893 - 1971
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 15
1895 - 1971
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 16
1886 - 1971
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 17
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 18
1907 - 1971
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 19
1903 - 1971
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 20
1889 - 1971
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 21
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 22
1884 - 1971
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 23
1896 - 1971
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 24
Among people born in Turkey, Giorgos Seferis ranks 218 out of 1,128. Before him are John IV Laskaris (1250), Saint Nino (296), Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Romanos III Argyros (968), and Michael Psellos (1018). After him are Alexios V Doukas (1140), Constantine VI (771), Pharamond (370), Gülfem Hatun (1500), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), and Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348).
1250 - 1305
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 212
296 - 335
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 213
790 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 214
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 215
968 - 1034
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 216
1018 - 1078
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 217
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 218
1140 - 1204
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 219
771 - 802
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 220
370 - 427
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 221
1500 - 1561
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 222
1169 - 1183
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 223
1348 - 1385
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 224
Among writers born in Turkey, Giorgos Seferis ranks 11. Before him are Orhan Pamuk (1952), Anacreon (-570), Anna Komnene (1083), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), and Yunus Emre (1240). After him are Novatian (220), Aratus (-315), André Chénier (1762), Artemidorus (200), Theodoret (393), and Theodore the Studite (759).
1952 - Present
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 5
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 6
1083 - 1153
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 7
60 BC - 7 BC
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 8
330 - 395
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 9
1240 - 1321
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 10
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 11
220 - 258
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 12
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 13
1762 - 1794
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 14
200 - 200
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 15
393 - 458
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 16
759 - 826
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 17