50 - 200
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs ˈjuːniʊs jʊwɛˈnaːlɪs]), known in English as Juvenal ( JOO-vən-əl), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the Satires. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late first and early second centuries AD fix his earliest date of composition. One recent scholar argues that his first book was published in 100 or 101. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juvenal has received more than 870,894 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Juvenal is the 181st most popular writer (down from 168th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Italy (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Writer.
Juvenal is most famous for his satirical poems.
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Among writers, Juvenal ranks 181 out of 5,755. Before him are Petronius, Lope de Vega, Diogenes Laërtius, Dale Carnegie, Constantine VII, and John the Evangelist. After him are Mansur Al-Hallaj, Georges Simenon, Sigrid Undset, François-René de Chateaubriand, John Steinbeck, and Orhan Pamuk.
27 - 66
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 175
1562 - 1635
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 176
180 - 240
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 177
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 178
905 - 959
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 179
10 - 100
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 180
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 181
858 - 922
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 182
1903 - 1989
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 183
1882 - 1949
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 184
1768 - 1848
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 185
1902 - 1968
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 186
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 187
Among people born in 50, Juvenal ranks 3. Before him are Judas Iscariot and Epictetus. After him are Zacchaeus, Apollodorus of Damascus, Simon bar Kokhba, Salome, Simon Magus, Rabbi Akiva, Charaka, Osroes I, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 200, Juvenal ranks 2. Before him is Lucian. After him are Sun Ce, Longus, Justin, Artemidorus, Emperor Chūai, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Lucius Artorius Castus, Babrius, Soranus of Ephesus, and Vologases III of Parthia.
50 - 30
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 1
50 - 135
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 2
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 3
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 4
50 - 130
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
50 - 135
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 6
50 - 100
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 7
50 - 65
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 8
50 - 136
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 9
50 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 10
50 - 129
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 11
50 - 65
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 12
120 - 200
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 1
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 2
175 - 200
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 3
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 4
110 - 200
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 5
200 - 200
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 6
149 - 200
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 7
100 - 200
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 8
200 - 200
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 9
110 - 200
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 10
98 - 200
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 11
100 - 200
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Juvenal ranks 246 out of 4,668. Before him are Padre Pio (1887), Didius Julianus (133), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), Gianni Versace (1946), Pope Innocent VII (1339), and Pope Felix I (300). After him are Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Sonia Gandhi (1946), Sergio Mattarella (1941), Pope Innocent IX (1519), Pope Lucius III (1110), and Livia (-58).
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 240
133 - 193
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 241
1805 - 1872
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 242
1946 - 1997
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 243
1339 - 1406
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 244
300 - 274
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 245
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 246
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 247
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 248
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 249
1519 - 1591
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 250
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 251
58 BC - 29
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 252
Among writers born in Italy, Juvenal ranks 16. Before him are Cato the Elder (-243), Plautus (-254), Carlo Collodi (1826), Catullus (-84), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), and Pliny the Younger (61). After him are Luigi Pirandello (1867), Torquato Tasso (1544), Sallust (-86), Christine de Pizan (1365), Dario Fo (1926), and Carlo Goldoni (1707).
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 10
254 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 11
1826 - 1890
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 12
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 13
1880 - 1918
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 14
61 - 113
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 15
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 16
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 17
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 18
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 19
1365 - 1430
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 20
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 21
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 22