1911 - 1998
Vaidyanath Mishra (11 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nagarjun has received more than 343,784 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nagarjun is the 3,705th most popular writer, the 431st most popular biography from India and the 68th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Nagarjun ranks 3,705 out of 5,755. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers, Krishan Chander, Picander, Marco Girolamo Vida, Andrejs Pumpurs, and Kader Abdolah. After him are Paul Goma, Tariq Ali, Albert Aurier, Auguste Barbier, Donald Barthelme, and Anton Pann.
1843 - 1901
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3,699
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,700
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,701
1485 - 1566
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,702
1841 - 1902
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,703
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,704
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,705
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,706
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,707
1865 - 1892
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,708
1805 - 1882
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,709
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,710
1796 - 1854
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,711
Among people born in 1911, Nagarjun ranks 179. Before him are Lee Falk, Viktor Nekrasov, Willem Johan Kolff, Amir Hamzah, Roy Rogers, and Floyd Council. After him are Xiao Hong, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Guido del Mestri, Said Akl, Maurice Schumann, and Gerhard Stöck. Among people deceased in 1998, Nagarjun ranks 151. Before him are Gunter d'Alquen, Louis Dumont, Gloria Fuertes, Roy Rogers, Chatichai Choonhavan, and Eva Bartok. After him are Alois Estermann, Lev Dyomin, Ludvík Daněk, Fritz Buchloh, Maurice Schumann, and Julio César Britos.
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 173
1911 - 1987
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 174
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 175
1911 - 1946
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 176
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 177
1911 - 1976
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 178
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 179
1911 - 1942
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 180
1911 - 1959
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 181
1911 - 1993
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 182
1911 - 2014
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 183
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 184
1911 - 1985
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 185
1910 - 1998
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 145
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 146
1917 - 1998
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 147
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 148
1920 - 1998
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 149
1927 - 1998
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 150
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 151
1954 - 1998
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 152
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 153
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 154
1909 - 1998
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 155
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 156
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 157
Among people born in India, Nagarjun ranks 431 out of 1,493. Before him are Kumar Sanu (1957), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Jayalalithaa (1948), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Kamala Nehru (1899), and Krishan Chander (1914). After him are Fathima Beevi (1927), Arundhati Roy (1961), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), and Prahlad Jani (1929).
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 425
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 426
1948 - 2016
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 427
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 428
1899 - 1936
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 429
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 430
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 431
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 432
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 433
1893 - 1972
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 434
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 435
1939 - 2022
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 436
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 437
Among writers born in India, Nagarjun ranks 68. Before him are R. K. Narayan (1906), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Shibli Nomani (1857), Ibn Warraq (1946), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), and Krishan Chander (1914). After him are Arundhati Roy (1961), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Yashpal (1903), Nirmal Verma (1929), Mahadev Desai (1892), and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898).
1906 - 2001
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 62
1894 - 1950
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 63
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 64
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 65
1837 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 66
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 67
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 68
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 69
1887 - 1971
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 70
1903 - 1976
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 71
1929 - 2005
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 72
1892 - 1942
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 73
1898 - 1971
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 74