800 - 900
Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nennius has received more than 203,770 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nennius is the 2,406th most popular writer (down from 2,336th in 2019).
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Among writers, Nennius ranks 2,406 out of 5,755. Before him are Alfonso Sastre, John Webster, Aleksander Chodźko, Rosario Castellanos, William L. Shirer, and Winston Groom. After him are Charles Berlitz, Isabella di Morra, Hamnet Shakespeare, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., George Meredith, and Slavenka Drakulić.
1926 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 2,400
1578 - 1634
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,401
1804 - 1891
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,402
1925 - 1974
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,403
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,404
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,405
800 - 900
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,406
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,407
1520 - 1546
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,408
1585 - 1596
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,409
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,410
1828 - 1909
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 2,411
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 2,412
Among people born in 800, Nennius ranks 37. Before him are Nominoe, Giustiniano Participazio, Aznar Galíndez I, Hildeprand, Ado of Vienne, and Toktu of Bulgaria. After him are Wulfstan of Hedeby, Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Obelerio degli Antenori, Saraha, Agnello Participazio, and Sabin of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 900, Nennius ranks 6. Before him are Pope John IX, Zwentibold, Ono no Komachi, Leo the Mathematician, and Donald II of Scotland. After him are 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Dicuil, and Cynewulf.
800 - 851
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 31
800 - 829
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 32
800 - 839
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 33
800 - 744
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 34
800 - 875
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 35
800 - 767
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 36
800 - 900
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 37
800 - 850
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 38
800 - 800
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 39
800 - 831
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 40
800 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 41
800 - 829
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 42
800 - 766
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 43
850 - 900
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 1
870 - 900
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 2
825 - 900
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 3
790 - 900
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 4
900 - 900
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 5
800 - 900
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 6
800 - 900
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 7
800 - 900
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 8
900 - 900
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 9