1896 - 1993
Józef Czapski (3 April 1896 – 12 January 1993) was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an officer of the Polish Army. As a painter, he is notable for his membership in the Kapist movement, which was heavily influenced by Cézanne. Following the Polish Defensive War, he was made a prisoner of war by the Soviets and was among the very few officers to survive the Katyn massacre of 1940. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Józef Czapski has received more than 99,665 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Józef Czapski is the 2,811th most popular writer (down from 2,282nd in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 259th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Czech Writer.
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Among writers, Józef Czapski ranks 2,811 out of 5,755. Before him are Bo Carpelan, Marco Foscarini, Lucius Afranius, H.D., Jean Ray, and Miguel Torga. After him are Fatma Aliye Topuz, Giovanni Pontano, Leon Uris, Walter Pater, Francis Ponge, and Ouida.
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,805
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,806
150 BC - 90 BC
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,807
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,808
1887 - 1964
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 2,809
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,810
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,811
1862 - 1936
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,812
1426 - 1503
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,813
1924 - 2003
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,814
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,815
1899 - 1988
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,816
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,817
Among people born in 1896, Józef Czapski ranks 123. Before him are Heimito von Doderer, Máté Zalka, Jessie Royce Landis, Ramón Franco, Na Hye-sok, and Teinosuke Kinugasa. After him are Maurice De Waele, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Aimo Lahti, Jacques Duclos, Eduardo Lonardi, and Hubert Lanz. Among people deceased in 1993, Józef Czapski ranks 97. Before him are Monte Melkonian, Bruno Rossi, Deke Slayton, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Sebastiano Baggio, and Anna Sten. After him are Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Euronymous, Felice Borel, Godfrey Chitalu, Freya Stark, and Chishū Ryū.
1896 - 1966
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 117
1896 - 1937
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 118
1896 - 1972
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 119
1896 - 1938
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 120
1896 - 1948
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 121
1896 - 1982
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 122
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 123
1896 - 1952
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 124
1896 - 1964
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 125
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 126
1896 - 1975
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 127
1896 - 1956
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 128
1896 - 1982
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 129
1957 - 1993
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 91
1905 - 1993
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 92
1924 - 1993
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 93
1926 - 1993
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 94
1913 - 1993
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 95
1908 - 1993
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 96
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 97
1906 - 1993
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 98
1968 - 1993
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 99
1914 - 1993
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 100
1947 - 1993
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 101
1893 - 1993
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 102
1904 - 1993
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 103
Among people born in Czechia, Józef Czapski ranks 339 out of 973. Before him are Jan Železný (1966), Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641), Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia (1128), Sigfried Giedion (1888), Jana Brejchová (1940), and Vladimír Remek (1948). After him are František Čáp (1913), Jan Zajíc (1950), Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864), Michael Czerny (1946), František Tomášek (1899), and Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891).
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 333
1641 - 1689
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 334
1128 - 1180
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 335
1888 - 1968
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 336
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 337
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 338
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 339
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 340
1950 - 1969
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 341
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 342
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 343
1899 - 1992
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 344
1891 - 1976
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 345
Among writers born in Czechia, Józef Czapski ranks 35. Before him are Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), Alois Jirásek (1851), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Petr Chelčický (1390), and Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821). After him are Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Josef Škvorecký (1924), Josef Jungmann (1773), Viktor Dyk (1877), Arnošt Lustig (1926), and Karel Píč (1920).
1811 - 1870
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 29
1851 - 1930
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 30
1900 - 1958
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 31
1849 - 1923
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 32
1390 - 1460
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 33
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 34
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 35
1621 - 1688
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 36
1924 - 2012
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 37
1773 - 1847
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 38
1877 - 1931
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 39
1926 - 2011
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 40
1920 - 1995
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 41