1812 - 1891
Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (, also US: ; Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, tr. Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof]; 18 June [O.S. 6 June] 1812 – 27 September [O.S. 15 September] 1891) was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story (1847), Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice (1869, also translated as Malinovka Heights). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Goncharov has received more than 201,492 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Ivan Goncharov is the 413th most popular writer (up from 517th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Russia (up from 169th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Writer.
Ivan Goncharov is most famous for his novel "Oblomov," which tells the story of a Russian nobleman who is too lazy to do anything.
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Among writers, Ivan Goncharov ranks 413 out of 5,794. Before him are Ivan Krylov, Pierre Beaumarchais, Attar of Nishapur, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Jacques Hébert. After him are Ennius, Sergei Yesenin, Julio Cortázar, Traudl Junge, Thomas Wolfe, and Thomas Bernhard.
1769 - 1844
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 407
1732 - 1799
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 408
1145 - 1220
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 409
1921 - 1990
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 410
1804 - 1864
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 411
1757 - 1794
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 412
1812 - 1891
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 413
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 414
1895 - 1925
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 415
1914 - 1984
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 416
1920 - 2002
HPI: 75.33
Rank: 417
1900 - 1938
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 418
1931 - 1989
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 419
Among people born in 1812, Ivan Goncharov ranks 4. Before him are Charles Dickens, Kaspar Hauser, and Théodore Rousseau. After him are Johann Gottfried Galle, Alexander Herzen, Louise of Orléans, Truganini, Moses Hess, Ascanio Sobrero, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov. Among people deceased in 1891, Ivan Goncharov ranks 14. Before him are Léo Delibes, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Pedro II of Brazil, Theo van Gogh, and P. T. Barnum. After him are Leopold Kronecker, Jules Grévy, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Edmond Becquerel, Georges Ernest Boulanger, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia.
1812 - 1870
HPI: 87.27
Rank: 1
1812 - 1833
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1812 - 1867
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 3
1812 - 1891
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 4
1812 - 1910
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 5
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 6
1812 - 1850
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 7
1812 - 1876
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 8
1812 - 1875
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 9
1812 - 1888
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 10
1812 - 1885
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 11
1812 - 1878
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 12
1836 - 1891
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 8
1804 - 1891
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 9
1809 - 1891
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 10
1825 - 1891
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 11
1857 - 1891
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 12
1810 - 1891
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 13
1812 - 1891
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 14
1823 - 1891
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 15
1807 - 1891
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 16
1822 - 1891
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 17
1820 - 1891
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 18
1837 - 1891
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 19
1831 - 1891
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 20
Among people born in Russia, Ivan Goncharov ranks 141 out of 2,688. Before him are Ivan Krylov (1769), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), and Feodor II of Russia (1589). After him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), El Lissitzky (1890), Walther Funk (1890), and Semyon Budyonny (1883).
1769 - 1844
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 135
1965 - Present
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 136
1856 - 1918
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 137
1903 - 1987
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 138
1906 - 1977
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 139
1589 - 1605
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 140
1812 - 1891
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 141
1895 - 1977
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 142
1895 - 1925
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 143
1708 - 1728
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 144
1890 - 1941
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 145
1890 - 1960
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 146
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 147
Among writers born in Russia, Ivan Goncharov ranks 19. Before him are Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Mikhail Lermontov (1814), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), and Ivan Krylov (1769). After him are Sergei Yesenin (1895), Joseph Brodsky (1940), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), and Ivan Bunin (1870).
1861 - 1937
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 13
1814 - 1841
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 14
1905 - 1984
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 15
1938 - 1980
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 16
1926 - 2011
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 17
1769 - 1844
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 18
1812 - 1891
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 19
1895 - 1925
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 20
1940 - 1996
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 21
1883 - 1945
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 22
1845 - 1904
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 23
1892 - 1941
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 24
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 25