1939 - 1989
Merab Kostava (Georgian: მერაბ კოსტავა) (May 26, 1939 – October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merab Kostava has received more than 57,802 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Merab Kostava is the 4,200th most popular writer (down from 3,934th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 139th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Georgian Writer.
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Among writers, Merab Kostava ranks 4,200 out of 5,755. Before him are Hart Crane, Petras Cvirka, Reiner Kunze, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Zhang Jie, and Maeve Binchy. After him are Karl von Holtei, Walter J. Ong, Eugenio Espejo, Hervé Guibert, Etgar Keret, and Felix Dahn.
1899 - 1932
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 4,194
1909 - 1947
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 4,195
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 4,196
1815 - 1890
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 4,197
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 4,198
1939 - 2012
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 4,199
1939 - 1989
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,200
1798 - 1880
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,201
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,202
1747 - 1795
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,203
1955 - 1991
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,204
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4,205
1834 - 1912
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 4,206
Among people born in 1939, Merab Kostava ranks 317. Before him are Robert Herbin, Wilhelmina Cooper, Joe Clark, Charles Geschke, Ernie Davis, and Maeve Binchy. After him are Litokwa Tomeing, John Hopcroft, Abdelmajid Chetali, Theo Waigel, Rustam Ibragimbekov, and Yves Boisset. Among people deceased in 1989, Merab Kostava ranks 175. Before him are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Alvin Ailey, Kazimierz Sabbat, Richard Quine, János Farkas, and John J. McCloy. After him are Ján Cikker, Roy Eldridge, Manuel Rosas, Yannis Tsarouchis, Don Revie, and Anton Diffring.
1939 - 2020
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 311
1939 - 1980
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 312
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 313
1939 - 2021
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 314
1939 - 1963
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 315
1939 - 2012
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 316
1939 - 1989
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 317
1939 - 2020
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 318
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 319
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 320
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 321
1939 - 2022
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 322
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 323
1920 - 1989
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 169
1931 - 1989
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 170
1913 - 1989
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 171
1920 - 1989
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 172
1942 - 1989
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 173
1895 - 1989
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 174
1939 - 1989
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 175
1911 - 1989
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 176
1911 - 1989
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 177
1912 - 1989
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 178
1910 - 1989
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 179
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 180
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 181
Among people born in Georgia, Merab Kostava ranks 156 out of 342. Before him are Edvard Mirzoyan (1921), Ramaz Shengelia (1957), Boris Paichadze (1915), Haykanoush Danielyan (1893), Joseph Orbeli (1887), and Davit Guramishvili (1705). After him are Otar Korkia (1923), Otar Chiladze (1933), Vasily Abaev (1900), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), and Benjamin Markarian (1913).
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 150
1957 - 2012
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 151
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 152
1893 - 1958
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 153
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 154
1705 - 1792
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 155
1939 - 1989
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 156
1923 - 2005
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 157
1933 - 2009
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 158
1900 - 2001
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 159
1912 - 1985
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 160
1925 - 2019
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 161
1913 - 1985
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 162
Among writers born in Georgia, Merab Kostava ranks 24. Before him are Grigol Abashidze (1914), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Alexander Kazbegi (1848), Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), Irakli Abashidze (1909), and Davit Guramishvili (1705). After him are Otar Chiladze (1933), Besiki (1750), Iakob Tsurtaveli (500), Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Giorgi Leonidze (1899), and Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851).
1914 - 1994
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 18
1891 - 1959
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 19
1848 - 1893
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 20
1880 - 1937
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 21
1909 - 1992
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 22
1705 - 1792
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 23
1939 - 1989
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 24
1933 - 2009
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 25
1750 - 1791
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 26
500 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 27
1840 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 28
1899 - 1966
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 29
1851 - 1938
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 30