1769 - 1844
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; February 13, 1769 – November 21, 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Krylov has received more than 164,431 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Ivan Krylov is the 407th most popular writer (up from 474th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Russia (up from 162nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Writer.
Ivan Krylov is best known for his fables, which were written in the 18th century.
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Among writers, Ivan Krylov ranks 407 out of 5,794. Before him are Cornelius Nepos, Françoise Sagan, Karl Barth, Friedrich Schlegel, Nelly Sachs, and Sándor Márai. After him are Pierre Beaumarchais, Attar of Nishapur, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jacques Hébert, and Ivan Goncharov.
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 401
1935 - 2004
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 402
1886 - 1968
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 403
1772 - 1829
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 404
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 405
1900 - 1989
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 406
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
Among people born in 1769, Ivan Krylov ranks 7. Before him are Napoleon, Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Georges Cuvier, Michel Ney, and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. After him are Jean Lannes, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, André-Jacques Garnerin, William Smith, and Thomas Lawrence. Among people deceased in 1844, Ivan Krylov ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Bonaparte, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Joseph Smith, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Flora Tristan, Ching Shih, Charles Nodier, and Jernej Kopitar.
1769 - 1821
HPI: 95.88
Rank: 1
1769 - 1859
HPI: 83.16
Rank: 2
1769 - 1849
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 3
1769 - 1832
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 4
1769 - 1815
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 5
1769 - 1852
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 6
1769 - 1844
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 7
1769 - 1809
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 8
1769 - 1851
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 9
1769 - 1824
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 10
1769 - 1823
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 11
1769 - 1839
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 12
1769 - 1830
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 13
1768 - 1844
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 2
1763 - 1844
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 3
1775 - 1844
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 4
1805 - 1844
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 5
1770 - 1844
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 6
1791 - 1844
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 7
1769 - 1844
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 8
1784 - 1844
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 9
1772 - 1844
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 10
1803 - 1844
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 11
1775 - 1844
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 12
1780 - 1844
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 13
1780 - 1844
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
Among people born in Russia, Ivan Krylov ranks 135 out of 2,688. Before him are False Dmitry I (1581), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), Ilya Prigogine (1917), and Vladimir Tatlin (1885). After him are Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Feodor II of Russia (1589), and Ivan Goncharov (1812).
1581 - 1606
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 129
1937 - Present
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 130
1938 - 1980
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 131
1926 - 2011
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 132
1917 - 2003
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 133
1885 - 1953
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 134
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
Among writers born in Russia, Ivan Krylov ranks 18. Before him are Boris Pasternak (1890), Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Mikhail Lermontov (1814), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), and Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926). After him are Ivan Goncharov (1812), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Joseph Brodsky (1940), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), and Marina Tsvetaeva (1892).
1890 - 1960
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 12
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