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Leonardo Sciascia

1921 - 1989

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Leonardo Sciascia (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo ʃˈʃaʃʃa] ; 8 January 1921 – 20 November 1989) was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Porte Aperte (1990; Open Doors), Cadaveri Eccellenti (1976; Illustrious Corpses), Todo Modo (also 1976) and Il giorno della civetta (1968; The Day of the Owl). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonardo Sciascia has received more than 228,882 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Leonardo Sciascia is the 5,310th most popular politician (down from 5,252nd in 2019), the 1,520th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,530th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular Italian Politician.

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  • 59.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonardo Sciascia ranks 5,310 out of 19,576. Before him are Hanno the Great, Khentkaus I, Dian Wei, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Gyebaek. After him are Anna of Savoy, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Tadukhipa, Amel-Marduk, 'Adud al-Dawla, and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Leonardo Sciascia ranks 85. Before him are Yuri Nikulin, Murray Bookchin, Peter Benenson, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Angelica Rozeanu, and Ágnes Keleti. After him are Gene Roddenberry, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Seretse Khama, Dirk Bogarde, Iris Apfel, and Donna Reed. Among people deceased in 1989, Leonardo Sciascia ranks 64. Before him are Irving Stone, Hamani Diori, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Kaoru Ishikawa, Karel Zeman, and A. J. Ayer. After him are Werner Best, Franklin J. Schaffner, Bernard Blier, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Luis Carlos Galán, and Victor French.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonardo Sciascia ranks 1,520 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Vincenzo Lancia (1881), Bettino Ricasoli (1809), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613), and Annibale de Gasparis (1819). After him are Antipope Victor IV (1010), Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1779), Rinaldo d'Este (1655), Licio Gelli (1919), Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1136), and Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Leonardo Sciascia ranks 362. Before him are Antipope Benedict X (1048), Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3), John Parricida (1290), Desiderata of the Lombards (754), John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834), and Bettino Ricasoli (1809). After him are Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1779), Licio Gelli (1919), Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841), Girolamo Riario (1443), Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (190), and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773).

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