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Janko Matúška

1821 - 1877

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Janko Matúška (10 January 1821 – 11 January 1877) was an ethnic Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court in the Kingdom of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janko Matúška has received more than 25,865 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Janko Matúška is the 4,300th most popular writer (down from 3,975th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 130th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Slovak Writer.

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  • 56.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Janko Matúška ranks 4,300 out of 7,302. Before him are William Trevor, František Langer, Vincenzo Cerami, Colm Tóibín, Hervé Le Tellier, and Diane Disney Miller. After him are Decimus Laberius, Yun Seondo, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Fritz Reuter, and Stefano Benni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Janko Matúška ranks 77. Before him are Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Michel Carré, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Apollon Maykov, Nils Johan Andersson, and Samuel Baker. After him are Marcus Goldman, Alexander Gardner, John Abbott, Joseph Noel Paton, Charles of Mount Argus, and Karl Knies. Among people deceased in 1877, Janko Matúška ranks 50. Before him are Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Caroline Unger, Fernán Caballero, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jung Bahadur Rana, and Georg Adolf Erman. After him are Alexander Bain, Julius Rietz, Robert Swinhoe, Juan Bautista Gill, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Alexander Brullov.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Janko Matúška ranks 151 out of 418. Before him are Adriana Karembeu (1971), Lajos Kassák (1887), Eduard Heger (1976), Ľudovít Ódor (1976), János Scitovszky (1785), and Vladimír Weiss (1939). After him are Eugen Suchoň (1908), Jozef Moravčík (1945), Ján Kozák (1954), Martin Škrtel (1984), Peter Šťastný (1956), and Michal Vičan (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Janko Matúška ranks 12. Before him are Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Imre Madách (1823), Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), Alexander Dukhnovych (1803), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), and Lajos Kassák (1887). After him are Janko Kráľ (1822), Andrej Sládkovič (1820), Samo Chalupka (1812), Martin Kukučín (1860), Ján Hollý (1785), and Vladimir Oravsky (1947).

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