1846 - 1916
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: shen-KYAY-vitch, -KYEV-itch, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlitfɔs]), was an epic Polish writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as the Trilogy series and especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis (1896). Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henryk Sienkiewicz has received more than 796,698 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Henryk Sienkiewicz is the 206th most popular writer (up from 262nd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Poland (up from 37th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Writer.
Henryk Sienkiewicz is most famous for writing the novel Quo Vadis.
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Among writers, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 206 out of 5,755. Before him are Yasunari Kawabata, Herman Melville, Taras Shevchenko, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Friedrich Hölderlin. After him are Chinghiz Aitmatov, Colette, Wisława Szymborska, Ferdowsi, Pierre Corneille, and Pearl S. Buck.
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 200
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 201
1814 - 1861
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 202
1902 - 1991
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 203
1842 - 1898
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 204
1770 - 1843
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 205
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 206
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 207
1873 - 1954
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 208
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 209
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 210
1606 - 1684
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 211
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 212
Among people born in 1846, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 2. Before him is Peter Carl Fabergé. After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, George Westinghouse, Buffalo Bill, Edmondo De Amicis, Comte de Lautréamont, Wilhelm Maybach, Wladimir Köppen, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and Gaston Maspero. Among people deceased in 1916, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 5. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Grigori Rasputin, Jack London, and Ernst Mach. After him are Yuan Shikai, Umberto Boccioni, Élie Metchnikoff, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, and William Ramsay.
1846 - 1920
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 1
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 2
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 3
1846 - 1923
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 4
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 5
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 6
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 7
1846 - 1870
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 8
1846 - 1929
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 9
1846 - 1940
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 10
1846 - 1930
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 11
1846 - 1916
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 12
1830 - 1916
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 1
1869 - 1916
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 2
1876 - 1916
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 3
1838 - 1916
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 4
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 5
1859 - 1916
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 6
1882 - 1916
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 7
1845 - 1916
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 8
1844 - 1916
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 9
1840 - 1916
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 10
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 11
1852 - 1916
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 26 out of 1,454. Before him are Fedor von Bock (1880), Erich Ludendorff (1865), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Władysław Szpilman (1911), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), and Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902). After him are Wisława Szymborska (1923), Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), and Kurt Lewin (1890).
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 20
1865 - 1937
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 21
1595 - 1648
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 22
1911 - 2000
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 23
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 24
1902 - 1991
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 25
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 26
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 27
1887 - 1982
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 28
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 29
1894 - 1941
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 30
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 31
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 32
Among writers born in Poland, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 5. Before him are Günter Grass (1927), Janusz Korczak (1878), Stanisław Lem (1921), and Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902). After him are Wisława Szymborska (1923), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Alfred Döblin (1878), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), and Osip Mandelstam (1891).
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 1
1878 - 1942
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 2
1921 - 2006
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 3
1902 - 1991
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 4
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 5
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 6
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 7
1862 - 1946
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 9
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 10
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 11
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 12