1899 - 1956
Leszek Józef Serafinowicz (pen name: Jan Lechoń; 13 March 1899 – 8 June 1956) was a Polish poet, literary and theater critic, diplomat, and co-founder of the Skamander literary movement and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Lechoń has received more than 34,965 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jan Lechoń is the 5,051st most popular writer (down from 4,688th in 2019), the 981st most popular biography from Poland (down from 865th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Polish Writer.
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Among writers, Jan Lechoń ranks 5,051 out of 5,755. Before him are Atis Kronvalds, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Alain Decaux, Jonathan Stroud, Herberto Hélder, and Robert J. Sawyer. After him are Alan Ayckbourn, Sándor Bródy, Aquilino Ribeiro, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Wilhelm Geiger, and James Hogg.
1837 - 1875
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 5,045
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,046
1925 - 2016
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,047
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,048
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,049
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 5,050
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 5,051
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 5,052
1863 - 1924
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 5,053
1885 - 1963
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,054
1869 - 1944
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,055
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,056
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,057
Among people born in 1899, Jan Lechoń ranks 228. Before him are Alfred Mosher Butts, Ilse Bing, Lyman Lemnitzer, Gregory Breit, Hendrik Marsman, and John Qualen. After him are Elisabeth Langgässer, Bo Lindman, Neil Hamilton, Ian Keith, Guy Butler, and Renato Sáinz. Among people deceased in 1956, Jan Lechoń ranks 161. Before him are Pelageya Shajn, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Theodor Pallady, Werner Haas, Augustin Chantrel, and Frank Brangwyn. After him are Lajos Asztalos, Manilal Gandhi, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Frederick G. Donnan, Robert Newton, and Juan José de Amézaga.
1899 - 1993
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 222
1899 - 1998
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 223
1899 - 1988
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 224
1899 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 225
1899 - 1940
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 226
1899 - 1987
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 227
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 228
1899 - 1950
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 229
1899 - 1992
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 230
1899 - 1984
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 231
1899 - 1960
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 232
1899 - 1981
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 233
1899 - 1982
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 234
1894 - 1956
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 155
1855 - 1956
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 156
1871 - 1956
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 157
1927 - 1956
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 158
1906 - 1956
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 159
1867 - 1956
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 160
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 161
1889 - 1956
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 162
1892 - 1956
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 163
1911 - 1956
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 164
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 165
1905 - 1956
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 166
1881 - 1956
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 167
Among people born in Poland, Jan Lechoń ranks 981 out of 1,454. Before him are Gerard Cieślik (1927), Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882), Henryk Grossman (1881), Barbara Sobotta (1936), Miron Białoszewski (1922), and Lucyna Winnicka (1928). After him are Halszka Osmólska (1930), Benjamin Mazar (1906), Michał Żebrowski (1972), Adam Kozłowiecki (1911), Erich Hecke (1887), and Manfred Stolpe (1936).
1927 - 2013
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 975
1882 - 1954
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 976
1881 - 1950
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 977
1936 - 2000
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 978
1922 - 1983
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 979
1928 - 2013
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 980
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 981
1930 - 2008
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 982
1906 - 1995
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 983
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 984
1911 - 2007
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 985
1887 - 1947
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 986
1936 - 2019
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 987
Among writers born in Poland, Jan Lechoń ranks 129. Before him are Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891), Halina Poświatowska (1935), Eva Kotchever (1891), Jan Twardowski (1915), Klabund (1890), and Miron Białoszewski (1922). After him are Julia Hartwig (1921), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Antoni Lange (1862), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Christoph Hein (1944), and Peter Hacks (1928).
1891 - 1945
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 123
1935 - 1967
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 124
1891 - 1943
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 125
1915 - 2006
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 126
1890 - 1928
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 127
1922 - 1983
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 128
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 129
1921 - 2017
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 130
1830 - 1909
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 131
1862 - 1929
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 132
1916 - 2000
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 133
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 134
1928 - 2003
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 135