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Krišjānis Barons

1835 - 1923

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Krišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 – March 8, 1923) was a Latvian writer who is known as the "father of the dainas" (Latvian: "Dainu Tēvs"), largely thanks to his systematization of the Latvian folk songs, and his labour in preparing their texts for publication in Latvju dainas. His portrait appeared on the 100-lat banknote prior to the Lat being replaced by the Euro in 2014, his being the only human face of an actual person on modern Latvian currency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krišjānis Barons has received more than 59,762 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Krišjānis Barons is the 3,192nd most popular writer (down from 2,639th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 65th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Latvian Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Krišjānis Barons ranks 3,192 out of 5,755. Before him are Eutychius of Alexandria, Dámaso Alonso, Kan Kikuchi, Elbert Hubbard, Nevil Shute, and Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo. After him are Ignacio Ramonet, Rubem Fonseca, Gaito Gazdanov, Ruben Sevak, Juan Fernández de Heredia, and Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Krišjānis Barons ranks 45. Before him are Alexandrine Tinné, Raffi, Lunalilo, Auguste Kerckhoffs, Theodore Thomas, and Alexander Potebnja. After him are Raphael Kalinowski, Matthías Jochumsson, Felix Draeseke, Grigory Potanin, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, and Henri Brisson. Among people deceased in 1923, Krišjānis Barons ranks 65. Before him are Stojan Protić, Ruy Barbosa, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Alfred Edwards, and Kadambini Ganguly. After him are Walther Kadow, Gunnar Nordström, Kuroki Tamemoto, Itō Noe, Ernst Otto Beckmann, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Krišjānis Barons ranks 85 out of 284. Before him are Jānis Rudzutaks (1887), Lina Stern (1878), Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903), Vilhelms Purvītis (1872), Arvīds Jansons (1914), and Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942). After him are Karl Davydov (1838), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), Janis Rozentāls (1866), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Gustavs Zemgals (1871), and Anatole Abragam (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Krišjānis Barons ranks 12. Before him are Maria Skobtsova (1891), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Aspazija (1865), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Vizma Belševica (1931), and Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801). After him are Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Regīna Ezera (1930), and Andrejs Upīts (1877).

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