1907 - 1945
Mihail Sebastian (Romanian pronunciation: [mihaˈil sebastiˈan]; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihail Sebastian has received more than 122,418 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mihail Sebastian is the 2,698th most popular writer (down from 2,404th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Romania (down from 158th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Romanian Writer.
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Among writers, Mihail Sebastian ranks 2,698 out of 5,755. Before him are Jules Supervielle, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Isaac Titsingh, Jon Fosse, Pavlo Tychyna, and Teimuraz II of Kakheti. After him are José de Alencar, Arnold Bennett, James Tiptree Jr., Petar Preradović, Sergio Badilla Castillo, and Albert of Aix.
1884 - 1960
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 2,692
1856 - 1940
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 2,693
1745 - 1812
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 2,694
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 2,695
1891 - 1967
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 2,696
1700 - 1762
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2,697
1907 - 1945
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2,698
1829 - 1877
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2,699
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,700
1915 - 1987
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,701
1818 - 1872
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,702
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,703
1060 - 1120
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,704
Among people born in 1907, Mihail Sebastian ranks 142. Before him are Álvaro Gestido, Ursula Kuczynski, Annabella, Yasushi Inoue, Parvin E'tesami, and Ernesto Mascheroni. After him are Helmut Walcha, L. Sprague de Camp, Ita Rina, Géza von Radványi, Roberto Cherro, and Béla Barényi. Among people deceased in 1945, Mihail Sebastian ranks 185. Before him are Princess Thyra of Denmark, Rash Behari Bose, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Petar Bojović, Jack Thayer, and Johannes Popitz. After him are Adolf Bertram, Henri Maspero, Gustav Cassel, Augustín Malár, Stamen Grigorov, and Julius Leber.
1907 - 1957
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 136
1907 - 2000
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 137
1907 - 1996
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 138
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 139
1907 - 1941
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 140
1907 - 1984
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 141
1907 - 1945
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 142
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 143
1907 - 2000
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 144
1907 - 1979
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 145
1907 - 1986
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 146
1907 - 1965
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 147
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 148
1880 - 1945
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 179
1886 - 1945
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 180
1879 - 1945
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 181
1858 - 1945
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 182
1894 - 1945
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 183
1884 - 1945
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 184
1907 - 1945
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 185
1859 - 1945
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 186
1883 - 1945
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 187
1866 - 1945
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 188
1894 - 1945
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 189
1878 - 1945
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 190
1891 - 1945
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 191
Among people born in Romania, Mihail Sebastian ranks 188 out of 665. Before him are Michael II Apafi (1676), Júlia Várady (1941), Ferenc Dávid (1510), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), and Tamás Bakócz (1442). After him are Elek Schwartz (1908), Ion C. Brătianu (1821), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Ana Blandiana (1942), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), and Péter Eötvös (1944).
1676 - 1713
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 182
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 183
1510 - 1579
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 184
1885 - 1944
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 185
1934 - 2019
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 186
1442 - 1521
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 187
1907 - 1945
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 188
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 189
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 190
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 191
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 192
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 193
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 194
Among writers born in Romania, Mihail Sebastian ranks 26. Before him are Marthe Bibesco (1886), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), and Eva Mozes Kor (1934). After him are Ana Blandiana (1942), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Ioan Slavici (1848), Olha Kobylianska (1863), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), and Nichita Stănescu (1933).
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 20
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 21
1880 - 1967
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 22
1898 - 1944
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 23
1885 - 1944
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 24
1934 - 2019
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 25
1907 - 1945
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 26
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 27
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 28
1848 - 1925
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 29
1863 - 1942
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 30
1759 - 1831
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 31
1933 - 1983
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 32