WRITER

Josef Čapek

1887 - 1945

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Josef Čapek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Čapek has received more than 198,216 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Josef Čapek is the 1,284th most popular writer (up from 1,401st in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 169th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Čapek ranks 1,284 out of 7,302. Before him are Akka Mahadevi, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Antipater of Sidon, Paul Scarron, and James Brendan Connolly. After him are Herrad of Landsberg, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Judah Leon Abravanel, Cratinus, Thomas Chatterton, and Poul Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Čapek ranks 64. Before him are Bernardo Houssay, Blaise Cendrars, Josef Harpe, Frederick Fleet, Joseph Bech, and Mamoru Shigemitsu. After him are Sivananda Saraswati, Marcus Garvey, Conrad Hilton, Savielly Tartakower, Georg Heym, and Hermine Reuss of Greiz. Among people deceased in 1945, Josef Čapek ranks 94. Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Kurt Gerstein, Walter Bradford Cannon, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, and Hans Kammler. After him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Bernhard Rust, Philipp Bouhler, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, and Anton Dostler.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Čapek ranks 156 out of 1,200. Before him are František Plánička (1904), Milada Horáková (1901), Adolf Schärf (1890), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Jan Koller (1973), and Franz Benda (1709). After him are Hugo Meisl (1881), Věra Chytilová (1929), Victor Adler (1852), Josef Ressel (1793), Rafael Kubelík (1914), and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Čapek ranks 18. Before him are Karl Kraus (1874), Julius Fučík (1903), Jan Neruda (1834), Alfred Kubin (1877), Adalbert Stifter (1805), and Cosmas of Prague (1045). After him are Guido Adler (1855), Ivan Klíma (1931), Egon Kisch (1885), Otfried Preußler (1923), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), and Princess Michael of Kent (1945).

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