1850 - 1904
Koizumi Yakumo (小泉 八雲, 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (; Greek: Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν), was a Greek-Japanese 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 779,188 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lafcadio Hearn is the 934th most popular writer (up from 979th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Greece and the 27th 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 934 out of 5,794. Before him are Dio Chrysostom, Ban Gu, Johannes Tauler, Jacques Clément, Alexander Litvinenko, and Julian Barnes. After him are John Malalas, August Kubizek, Robert Graves, Silius Italicus, Eugenio Montale, and Benito Pérez Galdós.
40 - 120
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 928
32 - 92
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 929
1300 - 1361
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 930
1567 - 1589
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 931
1962 - 2006
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 932
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 933
1850 - 1904
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 934
491 - 578
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 935
1888 - 1956
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 936
1895 - 1985
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 937
26 - 101
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 938
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 939
1843 - 1920
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 940
Among people born in 1850, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 17. Before him are Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Oliver Heaviside, Luigi Cadorna, and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. After him are César Ritz, Victoriano Huerta, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Ebenezer Howard, Pat Garrett, and Sami Frashëri. Among people deceased in 1904, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 20. Before him are Paul Kruger, George, King of Saxony, Étienne-Jules Marey, Émile Gallé, Vasily Vereshchagin, and Niels Ryberg Finsen. After him are Stepan Makarov, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Eduard Hanslick, Norodom of Cambodia, Sami Frashëri, and Mathilde Bonaparte.
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 11
1850 - 1923
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 12
1850 - 1936
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 13
1850 - 1925
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 14
1850 - 1928
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 15
1850 - 1942
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 16
1850 - 1904
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 17
1850 - 1918
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 18
1850 - 1916
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 19
1850 - 1923
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 20
1850 - 1928
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 21
1850 - 1908
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 22
1850 - 1904
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 23
1825 - 1904
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 14
1832 - 1904
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 15
1830 - 1904
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 16
1846 - 1904
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 17
1842 - 1904
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 18
1860 - 1904
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 19
1850 - 1904
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 20
1848 - 1904
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 21
1857 - 1904
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 22
1825 - 1904
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 23
1834 - 1904
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 24
1850 - 1904
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 25
1820 - 1904
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 26
Among people born in Greece, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 218 out of 855. Before him are Demaratus (-600), Andreas Papandreou (1919), Agathon (-448), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Calchas (null), and Memnon of Rhodes (-380). After him are Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Antiphon (-480), Thrasybulus (-440), Alcamenes (-500), Idomeneus of Crete (null), and Aelia Eudocia (401).
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 212
1919 - 1996
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 213
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 214
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 215
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 216
380 BC - 333 BC
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 217
1850 - 1904
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 218
340 BC - 268 BC
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 219
480 BC - 411 BC
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 220
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 221
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 222
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 223
401 - 460
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 224
Among writers born in Greece, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 27. Before him are Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Agathias (536), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Bacchylides (-490), Corinna (-501), and Agathon (-448). After him are Aelia Eudocia (401), Jean Moréas (1856), Philostratus (170), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Rigas Feraios (1757), and Phrynichus (-535).
524 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 21
536 - 582
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 22
217 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 23
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 24
501 BC - 501 BC
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 25
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 26
1850 - 1904
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 27
401 - 460
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 28
1856 - 1910
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 29
170 - 250
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 30
1778 - 1827
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 31
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 32
535 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 33