1837 - 1889
Ion Creangă (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈkre̯aŋɡə]; also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei, Ion Torcălău and Ioan Ștefănescu; March 1, 1837 – December 31, 1889) was a Moldavian, later Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th-century Romanian literature, he is best known for his Childhood Memories volume, his novellas and short stories, and his many anecdotes. Creangă's main contribution to fantasy and children's literature includes narratives structured around eponymous protagonists ("Harap Alb", "Ivan Turbincă", "Dănilă Prepeleac", "Stan Pățitul"), as well as fairy tales indebted to conventional forms ("The Story of the Pig", "The Goat and Her Three Kids", "The Mother with Three Daughters-in-Law", "The Old Man's Daughter and the Old Woman's Daughter"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion Creangă has received more than 354,088 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ion Creangă is the 1,475th most popular writer (up from 1,621st in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Romania (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Romanian Writer.
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Among writers, Ion Creangă ranks 1,475 out of 5,755. Before him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Chiara Lubich, William Heinesen, Khaled al-Asaad, Kâtip Çelebi, and Christine Nöstlinger. After him are Jack Vance, Ildefonsus, Károly Kerényi, Akka Mahadevi, Gunnar Gunnarsson, and William Carlos Williams.
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,469
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,470
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,471
1932 - 2015
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,472
1609 - 1657
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,473
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 1,474
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 1,475
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,476
607 - 667
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,477
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,478
1130 - 1101
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,479
1889 - 1975
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,480
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,481
Among people born in 1837, Ion Creangă ranks 33. Before him are Pierre Auguste Cot, Vasily Radlov, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Joseph Bell, Édouard Stephan, and James Murray. After him are Wild Bill Hickok, Abraham Kuyper, Arnold Janssen, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. Among people deceased in 1889, Ion Creangă ranks 22. Before him are Wilhelm Tempel, Giovanni Bottesini, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Robert Browning, and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. After him are Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, John Ericsson, Ignacy Domeyko, Gaston Planté, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, and Viktor Bunyakovsky.
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 27
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 28
1837 - 1899
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 29
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 30
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 31
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 32
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 33
1837 - 1876
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 34
1837 - 1920
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 35
1837 - 1909
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 36
1837 - 1881
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 37
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 38
1837 - 1909
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 39
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 16
1821 - 1889
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 17
1822 - 1889
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 18
1808 - 1889
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 19
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 20
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 21
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
1826 - 1889
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 23
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 24
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 25
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 26
1830 - 1889
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 27
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
Among people born in Romania, Ion Creangă ranks 96 out of 665. Before him are György Kurtág (1926), Arnold Hauser (1892), Rezső Kasztner (1906), Ana Aslan (1897), Dositej Obradović (1742), and Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903). After him are Károly Kerényi (1897), Artur Phleps (1881), Endre Ady (1877), Michael Cretu (1957), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), and Christopher Báthory (1530).
1926 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 90
1892 - 1978
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 91
1906 - 1957
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 92
1897 - 1988
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 93
1742 - 1811
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 94
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 95
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 96
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 97
1881 - 1944
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 98
1877 - 1919
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 99
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 100
1852 - 1912
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 101
1530 - 1581
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 102
Among writers born in Romania, Ion Creangă ranks 11. Before him are Elie Wiesel (1928), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Panait Istrati (1884), and Dositej Obradović (1742). After him are Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), and Dora d'Istria (1828).
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 5
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 6
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 7
1673 - 1723
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 8
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 9
1742 - 1811
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 10
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 12
1852 - 1912
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 13
1891 - 1974
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 14
1901 - 1956
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 15
1821 - 1890
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 16
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 17