WRITER

Marcin Bielski

1495 - 1575

Photo of Marcin Bielski

Icon of person Marcin Bielski

Marcin Bielski (or Wolski; 1495 – 18 December 1575) was a Polish soldier, historian, chronicler, renaissance satirical poet, writer and translator. His son, Joachim Bielski, royal secretary to king Sigismund III Vasa, was also a historian and poet. He was born of noble parentage on the patrimonial estate of Biała (whence the family name), Pajęczno County, in the Polish province of Sieradz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcin Bielski has received more than 28,062 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcin Bielski is the 3,424th most popular writer (up from 3,531st in 2019), the 742nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 728th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcin Bielski ranks 3,424 out of 7,302. Before him are Corrie ten Boom, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Giovanni della Casa, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Juana de Ibarbourou, and Sophie von La Roche. After him are Gabrielle Roy, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Alexander Sumarokov, Bing Xin, Mikhail Prishvin, and Natallia Arsiennieva.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Marcin Bielski ranks 14. Before him are Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, Luigi Alamanni, and Melchior Hoffman. After him are Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, and Pascual de Andagoya. Among people deceased in 1575, Marcin Bielski ranks 15. Before him are Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Maurolico, Federico Commandino, Annibale Padovano, Baba Nobuharu, and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. After him are Corneille de Lyon, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Sidonie of Saxony, and Matthew Parker.

Others Born in 1495

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1575

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marcin Bielski ranks 742 out of 1,694. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Willibald Alexis (1798), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), and Basia (1954). After him are Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Jan Olszewski (1930), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879), and Ryszard Kukliński (1930).

Others born in Poland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Marcin Bielski ranks 84. Before him are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Zofia Posmysz (1923), Stanisław Konarski (1700), Salomėja Nėris (1904), and Willibald Alexis (1798). After him are Martin Gray (1922), Rutka Laskier (1929), Marcin Kromer (1512), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), and Tadeusz Konwicki (1926).

Polish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous