1589 - 1638
Dživo Franov Gundulić (Italian: Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian national poet. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Gundulić has received more than 152,638 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Gundulić is the 933rd most popular writer (down from 926th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Writer.
Ivan Gundulić is most famous for his epic poem Osman, the first Croatian novel.
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Among writers, Ivan Gundulić ranks 933 out of 5,755. Before him are Ben Jonson, Arthur Adamov, Roger Zelazny, Thietmar of Merseburg, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Ahmad Khani. After him are Jan Potocki, Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, Vinicius de Moraes, and Marshall Rosenberg.
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 927
1908 - 1970
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 928
1937 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 929
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 930
1838 - 1889
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 931
1650 - 1707
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 932
1589 - 1638
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 933
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 934
1869 - 1945
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 935
1780 - 1844
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 936
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 937
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 938
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 939
Among people born in 1589, Ivan Gundulić ranks 3. Before him are Feodor II of Russia and Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria. After him are Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, 4th Dalai Lama, Peter Minuit, Domenico Fetti, Gabriel Báthory, Hercules Seghers, Marko Krizin, and Adriaen van de Venne. Among people deceased in 1638, Ivan Gundulić ranks 5. Before him are Cornelius Jansen, John Harvard, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, and François Leclerc du Tremblay. After him are Johannes Althusius, Adriaen Brouwer, Cyril Lucaris, Amakusa Shirō, Peter Minuit, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Willem Blaeu.
1589 - 1605
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 1
1589 - 1631
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 2
1589 - 1638
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 3
1589 - 1655
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 4
1589 - 1652
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 5
1589 - 1617
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 6
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 7
1589 - 1623
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 8
1589 - 1613
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 9
1589 - 1638
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 10
1589 - 1619
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 11
1589 - 1662
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 12
1585 - 1638
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 1
1607 - 1638
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 2
1584 - 1638
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 3
1577 - 1638
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 4
1589 - 1638
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 5
1563 - 1638
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 6
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 7
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 8
1621 - 1638
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 9
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 10
1632 - 1638
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 11
1571 - 1638
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 12
Among people born in Croatia, Ivan Gundulić ranks 33 out of 589. Before him are Ivan Ribar (1881), Alida Valli (1921), Stjepan Radić (1871), Omar Pasha (1806), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), and Miroslav Krleža (1893). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Zoran Milanović (1966), Davor Šuker (1968), and Franciscus Patricius (1529).
1881 - 1968
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 27
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 28
1871 - 1928
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 29
1806 - 1871
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 30
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 31
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 32
1589 - 1638
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 33
1450 - 1524
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 34
1933 - 2011
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 35
1837 - 1900
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 36
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 37
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 38
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 39
Among writers born in Croatia, Ivan Gundulić ranks 2. Before him are Miroslav Krleža (1893). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Petar Zrinski (1621), Marin Držić (1508), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Tin Ujević (1891), and Slavenka Drakulić (1949).
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1
1589 - 1638
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 2
1450 - 1524
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 4
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1949 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 6
1621 - 1671
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1508 - 1567
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 8
1901 - 1938
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 9
1814 - 1890
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 10
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 12