WRITER

Jaan Kross

1920 - 2007

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Jaan Kross (19 February 1920 – 27 December 2007) was an Estonian writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaan Kross has received more than 155,274 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaan Kross is the 1,406th most popular writer (up from 1,534th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Writer.

Jaan Kross is most famous for his novel "The Czar's Madman," which is a fictionalized account of the life of Grigori Rasputin.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jaan Kross ranks 1,406 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Bloch, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Korney Chukovsky, Kâtip Çelebi, Maj Sjöwall, and Gavrila Derzhavin. After him are Jules de Goncourt, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Georg Heym, Philippe Soupault, Liang Qichao, and A. B. Yehoshua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Jaan Kross ranks 88. Before him are Mehdi Ben Barka, Peter D. Mitchell, Mario Benedetti, Hans Blumenberg, Henri Verneuil, and José López Portillo y Pacheco. After him are Franklin J. Schaffner, Karl Albrecht, John Harsanyi, Ben Ferencz, Ricardo Montalbán, and Heinz Hitler. Among people deceased in 2007, Jaan Kross ranks 57. Before him are Michel Serrault, Bob Denard, Rudolf Arnheim, Robert Adler, Ian Smith, and Magda Szabó. After him are Abbé Pierre, Ettore Sottsass, Sol LeWitt, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Jupp Derwall, and Joe Zawinul.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jaan Kross ranks 28 out of 351. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Evald Aav (1900), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), Ernst Öpik (1893), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), and Kersti Kaljulaid (1969). After him are Otto von Kotzebue (1787), Johan Laidoner (1884), Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Michael Sittow (1459), Lydia Koidula (1843), and Neeme Järvi (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Jaan Kross ranks 2. Before him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803). After him are Lydia Koidula (1843), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Marie Under (1883), Balthasar Russow (1536), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Eduard Vilde (1865), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Betti Alver (1906), and Eno Raud (1928).

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