WRITER

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ

1914 - 2024

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Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (née İtil; 20 June 1914 – 17 November 2024) was a Turkish librarian, writer, and supercentenarian who specialised in the study of Hittites and Sumerian civilization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muazzez İlmiye Çığ has received more than 158,385 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Muazzez İlmiye Çığ is the 2,876th most popular writer (up from 3,229th in 2019), the 696th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 868th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ ranks 2,876 out of 7,302. Before her are Jack Williamson, Robert Penn Warren, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Lucia Berlin, Erich Fried, and Lawrence Block. After her are Gideon Levy, Michael Bond, Pierre Gamarra, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Andre Norton, and Zülfü Livaneli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ ranks 149. Before her are Anatole Abragam, Henri Langlois, Joe Shuster, Tito Okello, Albert Soboul, and Kenny Clarke. After her are Sándor Képíró, Budd Schulberg, Baba Amte, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Howard Fast. Among people deceased in 2024, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ ranks 186. Before her are William Anders, Benny Golson, Jim Simons, Helmuth Duckadam, Selim Hoss, and Allen J. Bard. After her are Ethel Kennedy, Lev Rubinstein, Giacomo Losi, Jorge Toro, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, and Galina Zybina.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ ranks 696 out of 1,347. Before her are Ara Güler (1928), Raymond-Roupen (1199), Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), Phlegon of Tralles (200), Hermogenes of Tarsus (200), and Antipater of Tarsus (-300). After her are Zülfü Livaneli (1946), Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1814), John X of Constantinople (1200), Armen Garo (1872), Metrophanes of Byzantium (300), and Nikephoros Blemmydes (1197).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ ranks 85. Before her are Cleitarchus (-400), Idris Bitlisi (1452), Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906), Theodore Balsamon (1140), Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), and Phlegon of Tralles (200). After her are Zülfü Livaneli (1946), Arctinus of Miletus (-800), Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764), Ruben Sevak (1885), John VIII of Constantinople (1005), and Orhan Veli Kanık (1914).

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