WRITER
Nikolai Ostrovsky
1904 - 1936
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Островский; Ukrainian: Микола Олексійович Островський, romanized: Mykola Oleksiiovych Ostrovskyi; 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist writer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Ostrovsky has received more than 176,893 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Nikolai Ostrovsky is the 899th most popular writer (down from 737th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Ukrainian Writer.
Nikolai Ostrovsky is most famous for his novel How the Steel Was Tempered.
Memorability Metrics
180k
Page Views (PV)
67.91
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
51
Languages Editions (L)
4.37
Effective Languages (L*)
4.74
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Nikolai Ostrovsky ranks 899 out of 7,302. Before him are Tukaram, Ben Jonson, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Eugène Scribe, Daniel Goleman, and Roger Zelazny. After him are Appius Claudius Caecus, Shoko Asahara, Sherwood Anderson, Etty Hillesum, Bruce Chatwin, and Maurice Druon.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsTukaram
1608 - 1650
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 893
Ben Jonson
1572 - 1637
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 894
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
1539 - 1616
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 895
Eugène Scribe
1791 - 1861
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 896
Daniel Goleman
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 897
Roger Zelazny
1937 - 1995
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 898
Nikolai Ostrovsky
1904 - 1936
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 899
Appius Claudius Caecus
340 BC - 273 BC
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 900
Shoko Asahara
1955 - 2018
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 901
Sherwood Anderson
1876 - 1941
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 902
Etty Hillesum
1914 - 1943
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 903
Bruce Chatwin
1940 - 1989
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 904
Maurice Druon
1918 - 2009
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 905
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1904, Nikolai Ostrovsky ranks 43. Before him are George F. Kennan, Alejo Carpentier, Lucile Randon, Willem de Kooning, Odilo Globočnik, and Joseph Campbell. After him are Clifford D. Simak, Otto Robert Frisch, Héctor Castro, Karl Rahner, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and John Gielgud. Among people deceased in 1936, Nikolai Ostrovsky ranks 38. Before him are Moritz Schlick, Robert E. Howard, Anne Sullivan, Georg Michaelis, Karl Pearson, and Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen. After him are Georgy Chicherin, Julius Schreck, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Heinrich Rickert, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Marcel Grossmann.
Others Born in 1904
Go to all RankingsGeorge F. Kennan
DIPLOMAT
1904 - 2005
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 37
Alejo Carpentier
WRITER
1904 - 1980
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 38
Lucile Randon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 2023
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 39
Willem de Kooning
PAINTER
1904 - 1997
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 40
Odilo Globočnik
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1945
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 41
Joseph Campbell
WRITER
1904 - 1987
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 42
Nikolai Ostrovsky
WRITER
1904 - 1936
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 43
Clifford D. Simak
WRITER
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 44
Otto Robert Frisch
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1979
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 45
Héctor Castro
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1960
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 46
Karl Rahner
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1984
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 47
Nikolai Kuznetsov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1904 - 1974
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 48
John Gielgud
ACTOR
1904 - 2000
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 49
Others Deceased in 1936
Go to all RankingsMoritz Schlick
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1936
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 32
Robert E. Howard
WRITER
1906 - 1936
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 33
Anne Sullivan
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1936
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 34
Georg Michaelis
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1936
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 35
Karl Pearson
STATISTICIAN
1857 - 1936
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 36
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1936
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 37
Nikolai Ostrovsky
WRITER
1904 - 1936
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 38
Georgy Chicherin
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1936
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 39
Julius Schreck
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1936
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 40
Henry Louis Le Chatelier
CHEMIST
1850 - 1936
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 41
Heinrich Rickert
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1936
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 42
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1936
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 43
Marcel Grossmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1878 - 1936
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 44
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Ostrovsky ranks 118 out of 1,365. Before him are Ivan Paskevich (1782), Stepan Makarov (1848), Alexander Archipenko (1887), Sofia Rotaru (1947), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), and Mikhail Ostrogradsky (1801). After him are Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Otto Preminger (1905), Milla Jovovich (1975), Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), and Vladimir Arnold (1937).
Others born in Ukraine
Go to all RankingsIvan Paskevich
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1782 - 1856
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 112
Stepan Makarov
EXPLORER
1848 - 1904
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 113
Alexander Archipenko
SCULPTOR
1887 - 1964
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 114
Sofia Rotaru
SINGER
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 115
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1902 - 1994
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 116
Mikhail Ostrogradsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1801 - 1862
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 117
Nikolai Ostrovsky
WRITER
1904 - 1936
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 118
Alexander Dovzhenko
FILM DIRECTOR
1894 - 1956
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 119
Otto Preminger
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1986
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 120
Milla Jovovich
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 121
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1966
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 122
Dmitry Bortniansky
COMPOSER
1751 - 1825
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 123
Vladimir Arnold
MATHEMATICIAN
1937 - 2010
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 124
Among WRITERS In Ukraine
Among writers born in Ukraine, Nikolai Ostrovsky ranks 23. Before him are Anton Makarenko (1888), Clarice Lispector (1920), Ivan Franko (1856), Irène Némirovsky (1903), Nestor the Chronicler (1056), and Gregory Skovoroda (1722). After him are Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Juliusz Słowacki (1809), Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873), Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909), Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769), and Władysław Tarnowski (1836).
Anton Makarenko
1888 - 1939
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 17
Clarice Lispector
1920 - 1977
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 18
Ivan Franko
1856 - 1916
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 19
Irène Némirovsky
1903 - 1942
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 20
Nestor the Chronicler
1056 - 1106
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 21
Gregory Skovoroda
1722 - 1794
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 22
Nikolai Ostrovsky
1904 - 1936
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 23
Nikolay Nekrasov
1821 - 1878
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 24
Juliusz Słowacki
1809 - 1849
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 25
Hayim Nahman Bialik
1873 - 1934
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 26
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
1909 - 1966
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 27
Ivan Kotliarevsky
1769 - 1838
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 28
Władysław Tarnowski
1836 - 1878
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 29