1733 - 1807
Magtymguly Pyragy (Persian: مخدومقلی فراغی Makhdumqoli Farāghi; Turkmen: Magtymguly Pyragy; Turkmen pronunciation: [ˌmɑɣtɯmɢʊˈlɯ ˌpɯɾɑːˈɣɯ]; c. 1724 – 1807), born Magtymguly, was a Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufi and traveller who is considered to be the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history. Magtymguly is the greatest representative of Turkmen literature, credited with the creation of Turkmen written literature, and whose literary form became a powerful symbol of the historical and the incipient national consciousness of the Turkmen people. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magtymguly Pyragy has received more than 187,681 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Magtymguly Pyragy is the 841st most popular writer (up from 1,079th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Iran (up from 126th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Iranian Writer.
Magtymguly Pyragy was most famous for being the first Kazakh poet to write in the Kazakh language. His poetry is often about the Kazakh steppe and the Kazakh people.
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Among writers, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 841 out of 5,755. Before him are Theodore Beza, Odysseas Elytis, Antonio Tabucchi, Annie Ernaux, L. Frank Baum, and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani. After him are Valerius Maximus, Cao Xueqin, Ibycus, Rubén Darío, Eleanor Marx, and Antoine Galland.
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 835
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 836
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 837
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 838
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 839
1914 - 1999
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 840
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 841
100 BC - 100
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 842
1724 - 1763
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 843
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 844
1867 - 1916
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 845
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 846
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 847
Among people born in 1733, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 2. Before him is Joseph Priestley. After him are Christoph Martin Wieland, Victoire of France, Carsten Niebuhr, Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Siraj ud-Daulah, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, and Richard Kirwan. Among people deceased in 1807, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 5. Before him are Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Angelica Kauffman, Pasquale Paoli, and Jérôme Lalande. After him are Jeanne Baret, Henry Benedict Stuart, George Atwood, John Newton, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Osman Pazvantoğlu, and Jacob Philipp Hackert.
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 1
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 2
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 3
1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 4
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 5
1733 - 1808
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 6
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 7
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 8
1733 - 1796
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 9
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 10
1733 - 1782
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 11
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 12
1772 - 1807
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1
1741 - 1807
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 2
1725 - 1807
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 3
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 4
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 5
1740 - 1807
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 6
1725 - 1807
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 7
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 8
1725 - 1807
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 9
1739 - 1807
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 10
1758 - 1807
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 11
1737 - 1807
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iran, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 110 out of 528. Before him are Bahram Chobin (600), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), Tahmasp II (1704), Yazdegerd II (500), and Bardiya (-580). After him are Abbas III (1732), Datis (-600), Ali Shariati (1933), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Qazi Muhammad (1893), and Arses of Persia (-360).
600 - 592
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 104
161 BC - 125 BC
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 105
873 - 934
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 106
1704 - 1740
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 107
500 - 457
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 108
580 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 109
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 110
1732 - 1740
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 111
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 112
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 113
1933 - 1981
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 114
1893 - 1947
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 115
360 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 116
Among writers born in Iran, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 12. Before him are Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Jami (1414), and Attar of Nishapur (1145). After him are Ali Shariati (1933), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), and Táhirih (1817).
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 6
1201 - 1274
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 7
1185 - 1248
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 8
1210 - 1291
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 9
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 10
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 11
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 12
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 13
724 - 756
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 14
1935 - 1967
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 15
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 16
1903 - 1951
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 17
1817 - 1852
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 18