1510 - 1557
Mikael Agricola (Finnish: [ˈmikɑel ˈɑɡrikolɑ] (listen); c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territory at the time. He is often called the "father of literary Finnish". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikael Agricola has received more than 137,682 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikael Agricola is the 747th most popular writer (down from 602nd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Finland (down from 15th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Writer.
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Among writers, Mikael Agricola ranks 747 out of 5,794. Before him are Viktor Shklovsky, Hugo Ball, Ali Shariati, Mahmoud Darwish, Joseph Campbell, and Tony Buzan. After him are Philippe Ariès, Alexander Blok, Maya Angelou, Iris Murdoch, Raymond Carver, and Wilhelm Hauff.
1893 - 1984
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 741
1886 - 1927
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 742
1933 - 1977
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 743
1941 - 2008
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 744
1904 - 1987
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 745
1942 - 2019
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 746
1510 - 1557
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 747
1914 - 1984
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 748
1880 - 1921
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 749
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 750
1919 - 1999
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 751
1938 - 1988
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 752
1802 - 1827
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 753
Among people born in 1510, Mikael Agricola ranks 6. Before him are Ambroise Paré, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Jacopo Bassano, and Renée of France. After him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Gonzalo Pizarro, Aloysius Lilius, François Clouet, Gracia Mendes Nasi, and Elena Glinskaya. Among people deceased in 1557, Mikael Agricola ranks 8. Before him are Anne of Cleves, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Pontormo, John III of Portugal, Bona Sforza, and Olaus Magnus. After him are Sebastian Cabot, Lautaro, Emperor Go-Nara, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Ferrante Gonzaga.
1510 - 1590
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 1
1510 - 1537
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 2
1510 - 1572
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 3
1510 - 1592
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 4
1510 - 1574
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 5
1510 - 1557
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 6
1510 - 1554
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 7
1510 - 1548
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 8
1510 - 1576
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 9
1510 - 1572
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 10
1510 - 1569
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 11
1510 - 1538
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 12
1515 - 1557
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 2
1499 - 1557
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 3
1494 - 1557
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 4
1502 - 1557
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 5
1494 - 1557
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 6
1490 - 1557
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 7
1510 - 1557
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 8
1484 - 1557
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 9
1534 - 1557
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 10
1497 - 1557
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 11
1480 - 1557
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 12
1522 - 1557
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 13
1507 - 1557
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 14
Among people born in Finland, Mikael Agricola ranks 18 out of 509. Before him are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Elias Lönnrot (1802), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), and Risto Ryti (1889). After him are Johan Gadolin (1760), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), George Gaynes (1917), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), and Ragnar Granit (1900).
1900 - 1986
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 12
1870 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 13
1802 - 1884
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 14
1942 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 15
1895 - 1973
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 16
1889 - 1956
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 17
1510 - 1557
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 18
1760 - 1852
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 19
1917 - 1992
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 20
1917 - 2016
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 21
1811 - 1848
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 22
1861 - 1944
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 23
1900 - 1991
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 24
Among writers born in Finland, Mikael Agricola ranks 5. Before him are Tove Jansson (1914), Mika Waltari (1908), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), and Arto Paasilinna (1942). After him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Pentti Linkola (1932), Zachris Topelius (1818), Väinö Linna (1920), Eino Leino (1878), and Minna Canth (1844).
1914 - 2001
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 1
1908 - 1979
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1888 - 1964
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 3
1942 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 4
1510 - 1557
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 5
1804 - 1877
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 6
1834 - 1872
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 7
1932 - 2020
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 8
1818 - 1898
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 9
1920 - 1992
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 10
1878 - 1926
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 11
1844 - 1897
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 12