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László Polgár

1946 - Today

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László Polgár (born 11 May 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit, whom he raised to be chess prodigies, with Judit and Zsuzsa becoming the best and second-best female chess players in the world, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of László Polgár has received more than 1,198,961 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). László Polgár is the 2,712th most popular writer (up from 3,107th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 324th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 53.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, László Polgár ranks 2,712 out of 7,302. Before him are Etel Adnan, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Dezső Kosztolányi, Giovanni Pontano, and Champfleury. After him are Henry Darger, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Eric Roth, Kjeld Abell, Paula von Preradović, and Vladimir Stasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, László Polgár ranks 248. Before him are Penelope Wilton, Yusuke Omi, Sanjay Gandhi, Mireya Moscoso, Jan Akkerman, and Bruce Davison. After him are Eduardo Camaño, Daouda Malam Wanké, Minoru Kobata, Stuart Wilson, Rocío Jurado, and Al Green.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Polgár ranks 303 out of 1,077. Before him are Lippo Hertzka (1904), Péter Erdő (1952), Béla Király (1912), Mihály Vörösmarty (1800), Sándor Puhl (1955), and George Tabori (1914). After him are Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1256), Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), Miklós Ybl (1814), László Benedek (1905), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), and Zoltán Fábri (1917).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, László Polgár ranks 34. Before him are Janus Pannonius (1434), Emma Orczy (1865), Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Béla Király (1912), Mihály Vörösmarty (1800), and George Tabori (1914). After him are Antal Szerb (1901), Miklós Radnóti (1909), Péter Szondi (1929), Mihály Babits (1883), Simon of Kéza (1250), and Ferenc Kölcsey (1790).

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