1850 - 1889
Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku] ; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna, Austria to study when he was 19. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihai Eminescu has received more than 1,133,059 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia. Mihai Eminescu is the 552nd most popular writer (up from 591st in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Romania and the 6th most popular Romanian Writer.
Mihai Eminescu is one of Romania's most famous poets. He was born in 1850 and died in 1889. He is most famous for his poem "The Prayer" which was written in 1881.
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Among writers, Mihai Eminescu ranks 552 out of 5,755. Before him are A. A. Milne, Heinrich Mann, Luo Guanzhong, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Georg Trakl, and Denis of Portugal. After him are Abai Qunanbaiuly, Longus, Paul Lafargue, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Alfred Döblin, and Wang Wei.
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 546
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 547
1330 - 1400
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 548
1884 - 1937
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 549
1887 - 1914
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 550
1261 - 1325
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 551
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 552
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 553
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 554
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 555
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 556
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 557
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 558
Among people born in 1850, Mihai Eminescu ranks 11. Before him are Edward Smith, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Eduard Bernstein, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. After him are Pierre Loti, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Pat Garrett, Oliver Heaviside, Lafcadio Hearn, and Henry Louis Le Chatelier. Among people deceased in 1889, Mihai Eminescu ranks 9. Before him are Antonio Meucci, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Jefferson Davis, Alexandre Cabanel, Father Damien, and Luís I of Portugal. After him are Michel Eugène Chevreul, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Wilkie Collins, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Marie of Prussia.
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 5
1850 - 1937
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 6
1850 - 1932
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 7
1850 - 1891
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 8
1850 - 1909
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 9
1850 - 1935
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 10
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 11
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 12
1850 - 1942
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 13
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 14
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 15
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 16
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 17
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 3
1871 - 1889
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 4
1808 - 1889
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 5
1823 - 1889
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 6
1840 - 1889
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 7
1838 - 1889
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 8
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 9
1786 - 1889
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 10
1828 - 1889
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 11
1818 - 1889
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 12
1824 - 1889
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 13
1838 - 1889
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 14
1825 - 1889
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 15
Among people born in Romania, Mihai Eminescu ranks 33 out of 665. Before him are Nadia Comăneci (1961), Elie Wiesel (1928), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), and Michael the Brave (1558). After him are Jacob L. Moreno (1889), George Enescu (1881), Klaus Iohannis (1959), János Bolyai (1802), Álmos (820), and Hermann Oberth (1894).
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 27
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 28
1922 - 2001
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 29
1901 - 1965
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 31
1558 - 1601
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 32
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 33
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 34
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 35
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 36
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 37
820 - 895
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 38
1894 - 1989
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 39
Among writers born in Romania, Mihai Eminescu ranks 6. Before him are Eugène Ionesco (1909), Tristan Tzara (1896), Paul Celan (1920), Herta Müller (1953), and Elie Wiesel (1928). After him are Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Ion Creangă (1837), and Károly Kerényi (1897).
1909 - 1994
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 1
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 2
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 4
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 5
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 6
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 7
1673 - 1723
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 8
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 9
1742 - 1811
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 10
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 12