1761 - 1815
Count Jan Potocki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Born into affluent Polish nobility, Potocki lived abroad from an early age and was primarily educated in Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Potocki has received more than 190,628 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jan Potocki is the 934th most popular writer (up from 1,065th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Poland (up from 211th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Writer.
Jan Potocki is most famous for his novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
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Among writers, Jan Potocki ranks 934 out of 5,755. Before him are Arthur Adamov, Roger Zelazny, Thietmar of Merseburg, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ahmad Khani, and Ivan Gundulić. After him are Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, Vinicius de Moraes, Marshall Rosenberg, and Tannhäuser.
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
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 940
Among people born in 1761, Jan Potocki ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius VIII, Selim III, Marie Tussaud, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, and William Carey. After him are Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Antoine Barnave, and Sineperver Sultan. Among people deceased in 1815, Jan Potocki ranks 8. Before him are Michel Ney, Sarah Baartman, Robert Fulton, Franz Mesmer, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, and Emma, Lady Hamilton. After him are Carsten Niebuhr, Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, 9th Dalai Lama, Smithson Tennant, and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
1761 - 1830
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 1
1761 - 1808
HPI: 74.72
Rank: 2
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 3
1761 - 1818
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 4
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 5
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 6
1761 - 1836
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 7
1761 - 1804
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 8
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 9
1761 - 1837
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 10
1761 - 1793
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 11
1761 - 1828
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 12
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 2
1788 - 1815
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 3
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 4
1734 - 1815
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 5
1753 - 1815
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 6
1765 - 1815
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 7
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 8
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 9
1763 - 1815
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 10
1765 - 1815
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 11
1805 - 1815
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 12
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 13
1737 - 1815
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 14
Among people born in Poland, Jan Potocki ranks 190 out of 1,454. Before him are Mieszko II Lambert (990), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), John I Albert (1459), Felix Hausdorff (1868), and William I of Württemberg (1781). After him are Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Albert Marth (1828), Henryk Górecki (1933), Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), and Hans Lammers (1879).
990 - 1034
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 184
1754 - 1816
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 185
1866 - 1934
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 186
1459 - 1501
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 187
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 188
1781 - 1864
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 189
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 190
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 191
1825 - 1895
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 192
1828 - 1897
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 193
1933 - 2010
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 194
1770 - 1861
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 195
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 196
Among writers born in Poland, Jan Potocki ranks 17. Before him are Witold Gombrowicz (1904), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Władysław Reymont (1867), Christa Wolf (1929), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), and B. Traven (1882). After him are Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Ernst Toller (1893), Emil Ludwig (1881), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), and Bolesław Prus (1847).
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 11
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 12
1867 - 1925
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 13
1929 - 2011
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 15
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 16
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 17
1788 - 1857
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 18
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 19
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 20
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 21
1848 - 1931
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 22
1847 - 1912
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 23