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Jan Potocki

1761 - 1815

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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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  • 26

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Potocki ranks 934 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Jan Potocki ranks 6Before 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 8Before 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.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Potocki ranks 190 out of 1,454Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Potocki ranks 17Before 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).