1850 - 1889
Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku] (listen); born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet, 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 to study when he was 19. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihai Eminescu has received more than 647,952 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Mihai Eminescu is the 591st most popular writer (down from 532nd in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 27th in 2019) and the 7th 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 591 out of 5,794. Before him are Denis of Portugal, Eugene O'Neill, Aulus Gellius, Demetrius Vikelas, Alexander Herzen, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are Anthony Burgess, Dino Buzzati, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, France Prešeren, August Wilhelm Schlegel, and Harry Martinson.
1261 - 1325
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 585
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 586
123 - 180
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 587
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 588
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 589
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 590
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 591
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 592
1906 - 1972
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 593
1741 - 1803
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 594
1800 - 1849
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 595
1767 - 1845
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 596
1904 - 1978
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 597
Among people born in 1850, Mihai Eminescu ranks 11. Before him are Karl Ferdinand Braun, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. After him are Pierre Loti, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Oliver Heaviside, Luigi Cadorna, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Lafcadio Hearn. Among people deceased in 1889, Mihai Eminescu ranks 9. Before him are Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Alexandre Cabanel, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Father Damien, and Michel Eugène Chevreul. After him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Luís I of Portugal, Wilkie Collins, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Marie of Prussia, and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
1850 - 1918
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 5
1850 - 1937
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 6
1850 - 1891
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 7
1850 - 1932
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 8
1850 - 1909
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 9
1850 - 1935
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 10
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 11
1850 - 1923
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 12
1850 - 1936
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 13
1850 - 1925
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 14
1850 - 1928
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 15
1850 - 1942
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 16
1850 - 1904
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 17
1808 - 1889
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 3
1808 - 1889
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 4
1823 - 1889
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 5
1871 - 1889
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 6
1840 - 1889
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 7
1786 - 1889
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 8
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 9
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 10
1838 - 1889
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 11
1824 - 1889
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 12
1818 - 1889
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 13
1825 - 1889
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 14
1838 - 1889
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 15
Among people born in Romania, Mihai Eminescu ranks 33 out of 572. Before him are Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Elie Wiesel (1928), Bela Lugosi (1882), George Enescu (1881), and János Bolyai (1802). After him are Sergiu Celibidache (1912), Michael the Brave (1558), Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), Mircea Lucescu (1945), John Cassian (360), and Nadia Comăneci (1961).
1901 - 1965
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 29
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 30
1881 - 1955
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 31
1802 - 1860
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 32
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 33
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 34
1558 - 1601
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 36
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 37
360 - 435
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 38
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 39
Among writers born in Romania, Mihai Eminescu ranks 7. Before him are Eugène Ionesco (1909), Tristan Tzara (1896), Paul Celan (1920), Herta Müller (1953), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), and Elie Wiesel (1928). After him are Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), Lajos Zilahy (1891), and Ion Creangă (1837).
1909 - 1994
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 1
1896 - 1963
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 4
1889 - 1974
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 5
1928 - 2016
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 6
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 7
1673 - 1723
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 8
1884 - 1935
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 9
1742 - 1811
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 10
1897 - 1973
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 11
1891 - 1974
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 12
1837 - 1889
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 13