1850 - 1904
Yakumo Koizumi (小泉 八雲, 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn ( Greek: Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χέρν, romanized: Patríkios Lefkádios Chérn), was a Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West. His writings offered unprecedented insight into Japanese culture, especially his collections of legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Before moving to Japan and becoming a Japanese citizen, he worked as a journalist in the United States, primarily in Cincinnati and New Orleans. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lafcadio Hearn has received more than 1,048,366 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Lafcadio Hearn is the 851st most popular writer (up from 934th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Greece (up from 217th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Greek Writer.
Lafcadio Hearn was a writer who wrote about Japan. He was most famous for his book "In Ghostly Japan."
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Among writers, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 851 out of 5,755. Before him are Rubén Darío, Eleanor Marx, Antoine Galland, Theodor Fontane, Dio Chrysostom, and Božena Němcová. After him are Walter Lippmann, Clemens Brentano, Anna Seghers, Achim von Arnim, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, and Leconte de Lisle.
1867 - 1916
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 845
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 846
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 847
1819 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 848
40 - 120
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 849
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 850
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 851
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 852
1778 - 1842
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 853
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 854
1781 - 1831
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 855
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 856
1818 - 1894
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 857
Among people born in 1850, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 16. Before him are Charles Richet, Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Pat Garrett, and Oliver Heaviside. After him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Ignác Goldziher, Victoriano Huerta, and Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Among people deceased in 1904, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 17. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge, Gabriel Tarde, Abai Qunanbaiuly, George, King of Saxony, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Paul Kruger. After him are Émile Gallé, Étienne-Jules Marey, Stepan Makarov, Vasily Vereshchagin, Alfred von Waldersee, and Princess Alexandrine of Baden.
1850 - 1935
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 10
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 11
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 12
1850 - 1942
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 13
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 14
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 15
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 16
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 17
1850 - 1928
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 18
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 19
1850 - 1921
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 20
1850 - 1916
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 21
1850 - 1923
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 22
1830 - 1904
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 11
1843 - 1904
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 12
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 13
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 14
1836 - 1904
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 15
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 16
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 17
1846 - 1904
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 18
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 19
1848 - 1904
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 20
1842 - 1904
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 21
1832 - 1904
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 22
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 23
Among people born in Greece, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 208 out of 936. Before him are Andreas Papandreou (1919), Philopoemen (-253), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Euclid of Megara (-435), Thrasybulus (-440), and Agis IV (-265). After him are Pelopidas (-450), Bacchylides (-490), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), Cylon of Athens (-700), Demaratus (-600), and Philostratus (170).
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 202
253 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 203
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 204
435 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 205
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 206
265 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 207
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 208
450 BC - 364 BC
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 209
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 210
1869 - 1957
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 211
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 212
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 213
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 214
Among writers born in Greece, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 24. Before him are Longus (110), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), Agathias (536), and Odysseas Elytis (1911). After him are Bacchylides (-490), Philostratus (170), Agathon (-448), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Jean Moréas (1856), and Corinna (-501).
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 18
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 19
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
401 - 460
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 21
536 - 582
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 22
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 23
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 24
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 25
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 26
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 27
217 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 28
1856 - 1910
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 29
501 BC - 501 BC
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 30