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Juan Antonio Villacañas

1922 - 2001

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Juan Antonio Villacañas (born 1922 in Toledo; died August 21, 2001) was a Spanish poet, essayist and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Antonio Villacañas has received more than 86,335 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Juan Antonio Villacañas is the 957th most popular writer (up from 1,087th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Spain (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Spanish Writer.

Juan Antonio Villacañas is most famous for being a Spanish serial killer who was convicted of killing 11 people in the 1990s.

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  • 86k

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  • 61.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 957 out of 5,755. Before him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Eleanor H. Porter, Khaled Hosseini, and Abdulrazak Gurnah. After him are E. M. Forster, Garcilaso de la Vega, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Sugawara no Michizane, Richard Matheson, and Jean-Claude Carrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 51. Before him are Michel Galabru, Blake Edwards, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Julius Nyerere, Robert W. Holley, and Ademir de Menezes. After him are Cornelius Castoriadis, Alberto Granado, Francesco Rosi, John B. Goodenough, Michael Cacoyannis, and Har Gobind Khorana. Among people deceased in 2001, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 34. Before him are Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Zhang Xueliang, Gilbert Bécaud, Clifford Shull, and Charles Trenet. After him are Morris, Stanley Kramer, Chung Ju-yung, Jacques Mayol, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, and Timothy McVeigh.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 298 out of 2,932. Before him are Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), Carmen Maura (1945), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Sigeric (370), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), and Hisham I of Córdoba (757). After him are Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Yolande of Aragon (1384), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Wittiza (687), Eusebi Güell (1846), and Hisham II (965).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 30. Before him are Matilde Camus (1919), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Abraham Abulafia (1240), and Benito Pérez Galdós (1843). After him are Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Prudentius (348), Jorge Semprún (1923), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867).

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