1934 - 2018
Kedarnath Singh (7 July 1934 – 19 March 2018) was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi. He was also an eminent critic and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kedarnath Singh has received more than 168,480 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kedarnath Singh is the 4,460th most popular writer (down from 4,336th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from India (down from 479th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Kedarnath Singh ranks 4,460 out of 5,755. Before him are Zaharia Stancu, Willem Elsschot, Émile Souvestre, James Dashner, Alfredo Zitarrosa, and Eliška Krásnohorská. After him are Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Carmen de Burgos, Edward William Lane, James Agee, Stijn Streuvels, and Nikolai Tikhonov.
1902 - 1974
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,454
1882 - 1960
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,455
1806 - 1854
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 4,456
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,457
1936 - 1989
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,458
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,459
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,460
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,461
1867 - 1932
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,462
1801 - 1876
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,463
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 4,464
1871 - 1969
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 4,465
1896 - 1979
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,466
Among people born in 1934, Kedarnath Singh ranks 316. Before him are Yuri Vizbor, James Franciscus, Gyoji Matsumoto, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, and Gleb Panfilov. After him are Helga Haase, Ian Abercrombie, Roger Maris, Paolo Sardi, Murtaza Rakhimov, and Rita Renoir. Among people deceased in 2018, Kedarnath Singh ranks 278. Before him are Lucho Gatica, Kader Khan, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, André Lerond, Lindy Remigino, and Davide Astori. After him are Bill Daily, Jerry Van Dyke, Mel Ramos, Neagu Djuvara, Clint Walker, and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington.
1934 - 1984
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 310
1934 - 1991
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 311
1934 - 2019
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 312
1934 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 313
1934 - 2022
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 314
1934 - 2023
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 315
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 316
1934 - 1989
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 317
1934 - 2012
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 318
1934 - 1985
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 319
1934 - 2019
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 320
1934 - 2023
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 321
1934 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 322
1928 - 2018
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 272
1937 - 2018
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 273
1933 - 2018
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 274
1930 - 2018
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 275
1931 - 2018
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 276
1987 - 2018
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 277
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 278
1927 - 2018
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 279
1931 - 2018
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 280
1935 - 2018
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 281
1916 - 2018
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 282
1927 - 2018
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 283
1919 - 2018
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 284
Among people born in India, Kedarnath Singh ranks 517 out of 1,493. Before him are Har Dayal (1884), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Jayakanthan (1934), Neerja Bhanot (1963), and Mayawati (1956). After him are Jamini Roy (1887), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), Balamani Amma (1909), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), and Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938).
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 511
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 512
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 513
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 514
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 516
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 517
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 518
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 519
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 520
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 521
1901 - 1953
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 522
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 523
Among writers born in India, Kedarnath Singh ranks 80. Before him are Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Kamala Surayya (1934), and Jayakanthan (1934). After him are Balamani Amma (1909), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), Shrilal Shukla (1925), and Raghunath Murmu (1905).
1898 - 1971
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 74
1926 - 1997
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 75
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 76
1912 - 1955
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 77
1934 - 2009
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 78
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 79
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 80
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 81
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 82
1942 - 2011
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 83
1897 - 1995
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 84
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 85
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 86