1890 - 1938
Karel Čapek (Czech: [ˈkarɛl ˈtʃapɛk] ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Čapek has received more than 941,024 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Čapek is the 173rd most popular writer (up from 206th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Writer.
Karel Čapek is most famous for his play, "R.U.R." which introduced the word "robot" to the English language.
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Among writers, Karel Čapek ranks 173 out of 5,755. Before him are Ivan Turgenev, Anacreon, Frank Herbert, Janusz Korczak, Stanisław Lem, and Abu Nuwas. After him are J. D. Salinger, Petronius, Lope de Vega, Diogenes Laërtius, Dale Carnegie, and Constantine VII.
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 167
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 168
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 169
1878 - 1942
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 170
1921 - 2006
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 171
762 - 814
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 172
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 173
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 174
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
Among people born in 1890, Karel Čapek ranks 10. Before him are Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vyacheslav Molotov, Boris Pasternak, Friedrich Paulus, H. P. Lovecraft, and Egon Schiele. After him are Alfred Jodl, Kurt Lewin, Fritz Lang, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, and George II of Greece. Among people deceased in 1938, Karel Čapek ranks 5. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Edmund Husserl, Kanō Jigorō, and Georges Méliès. After him are Konstantin Stanislavski, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Béla Kun, Nikolai Bukharin, Karl Kautsky, Faustina Kowalska, and Charles Édouard Guillaume.
1890 - 1969
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 4
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 5
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 6
1890 - 1957
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 7
1890 - 1937
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
1890 - 1918
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 9
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 10
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 11
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 12
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 13
1890 - 1980
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 14
1890 - 1965
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 15
1890 - 1947
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 16
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.95
Rank: 1
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 2
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 3
1861 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 4
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 5
1863 - 1938
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 6
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 7
1886 - 1938
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 8
1888 - 1938
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 9
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 10
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 11
1861 - 1938
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in Czechia, Karel Čapek ranks 17 out of 973. Before him are Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Václav Havel (1936), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Miloš Forman (1932), and Alphonse Mucha (1860). After him are John of Nepomuk (1350), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Ernst Mach (1838), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), and Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892).
1875 - 1926
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 11
1936 - 2011
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 12
1316 - 1378
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 13
1875 - 1951
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 14
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 15
1860 - 1939
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 16
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 17
1350 - 1393
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 18
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 19
1838 - 1916
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 20
1583 - 1634
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 21
1836 - 1900
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 22
1892 - 1946
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 23
Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Čapek ranks 4. Before him are Milan Kundera (1929), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), and Václav Havel (1936). After him are Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Milena Jesenská (1896), Franz Werfel (1890), Karl Kraus (1874), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), and Julius Fučík (1903).
1929 - 2023
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 1
1875 - 1926
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 2
1936 - 2011
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 3
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 4
1883 - 1923
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 5
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 6
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 7
1896 - 1944
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 8
1890 - 1945
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 9
1874 - 1936
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 10
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 11
1903 - 1943
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 12