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Nguyễn Du

1765 - 1820

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Nguyễn Du (阮攸; 3 January 1766 – 16 September 1820), courtesy name Tố Như (素如) and art name Thanh Hiên (清軒), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Du has received more than 143,297 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Nguyễn Du is the 2,101st most popular writer (up from 2,136th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nguyễn Du ranks 2,101 out of 5,755. Before him are Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, David Lodge, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Vasyl Stus, Nihal Atsız, and Fritz Leiber. After him are Samuil Marshak, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Ludwig Uhland, Sven Nordqvist, Rahul Sankrityayan, and Guillaume Thomas François Raynal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Nguyễn Du ranks 18. Before him are José María Morelos, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Franz Xaver von Baader, and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. After him are Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, Charles Hatchett, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Eli Whitney, Joseph Leopold Eybler, and Johann Friedrich Pfaff. Among people deceased in 1820, Nguyễn Du ranks 21. Before him are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Alexander Mackenzie, Jean-Lambert Tallien, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Augustin Barruel, and Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia. After him are Daniel Boone, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Arthur Young, Anders Sparrman, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Benjamin West.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Du ranks 41 out of 124. Before him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Duy Tân (1900), Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Marie-France Pisier (1944), Nguyễn Khánh (1927), and Văn Tiến Dũng (1917). After him are Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), Phạm Tuân (1947), Riccardo Cocciante (1946), Trương Tấn Sang (1949), Nguyễn Văn Linh (1915), and Lý Thái Tổ (974).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

Among writers born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Du ranks 2. Before him are Marguerite Duras (1914). After him are Phan Bội Châu (1867), Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Kim Thúy (1968), and Viet Thanh Nguyen (1971).

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