1886 - 1964
Maithili Sharan Gupt (3 August 1886 – 12 December 1964) was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one among the pioneers of Khari Boli (plain dialect) poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of Braj Bhasha dialect. He was a recipient of the third highest (then second highest) Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maithili Sharan Gupt has received more than 577,923 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Maithili Sharan Gupt is the 2,508th most popular writer (up from 9,999th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from India (up from 329th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 2,508 out of 5,755. Before him are Alessandro Baricco, Juan Ruiz, James Aldridge, Jack Williamson, Edgar Lee Masters, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are Félix Fénéon, Vilhelm Moberg, Sergey Aksakov, Predrag Matvejević, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and Edith Pargeter.
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,502
1283 - 1350
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,503
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,504
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,505
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,506
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,507
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,508
1861 - 1944
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,509
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,510
1791 - 1859
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,511
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,512
1480 - 1557
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,513
1913 - 1995
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,514
Among people born in 1886, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 118. Before him are Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Leo G. Carroll, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Wilhelm Marschall, and Bertha Krupp. After him are Firmin Lambot, Rash Behari Bose, Fred Quimby, Armin T. Wegner, Takuboku Ishikawa, and May Ziade. Among people deceased in 1964, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 76. Before him are Rauf Orbay, Carl Van Vechten, T. H. White, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Pierre Monteux, and Otto Ciliax. After him are Firmin Lambot, Otto Schniewind, Sofoklis Venizelos, Guillermo Subiabre, Joseph Marx, and Jean Ray.
1886 - 1970
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 112
1886 - 1948
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 113
1886 - 1972
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 114
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 115
1886 - 1976
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 116
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 117
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 118
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 119
1886 - 1945
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 120
1886 - 1965
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 121
1886 - 1978
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 122
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 123
1886 - 1941
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 124
1881 - 1964
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 70
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 71
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 72
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 73
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 74
1891 - 1964
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 75
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 76
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 77
1887 - 1964
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 78
1894 - 1964
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 79
1903 - 1964
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 80
1882 - 1964
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 81
1887 - 1964
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 82
Among people born in India, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 307 out of 1,493. Before him are M. Karunanidhi (1924), Chittaranjan Das (1869), Baba Amte (1914), Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), and Nargis (1929). After him are Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Harilal Gandhi (1888), and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908).
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 301
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 302
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 303
1595 - 1644
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 304
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 305
1929 - 1981
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 306
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 307
1871 - 1951
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 308
1887 - 1961
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 309
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 310
1900 - 1977
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 311
1888 - 1948
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 312
1908 - 1974
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 313
Among writers born in India, Maithili Sharan Gupt ranks 51. Before him are Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Bhavabhuti (null), Jim Corbett (1875), T. H. White (1906), M. Karunanidhi (1924), and Chittaranjan Das (1869). After him are Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908).
1723 - 1810
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 45
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 46
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 47
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 48
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 49
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 50
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 51
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 52
1900 - 1977
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 53
1908 - 1974
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 54
1902 - 1997
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 55
1932 - 2014
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 56
1908 - 1994
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 57