1828 - 1889
Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (24 July [O.S. 12 July] 1828 – 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1889) was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolay Chernyshevsky has received more than 268,474 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Nikolay Chernyshevsky is the 648th most popular writer (up from 676th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Russia (up from 216th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Russian Writer.
Nikolay Chernyshevsky is most famous for his novel "What Is To Be Done?"
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Among writers, Nikolay Chernyshevsky ranks 648 out of 5,794. Before him are Carlo Gozzi, Meera, John Irving, Camilo José Cela, Poliziano, and Aratus. After him are Ryszard Kapuściński, Jin Yong, Christopher Tolkien, Hermann Broch, Sven Hassel, and Giambattista Basile.
1720 - 1806
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 642
1498 - 1546
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 643
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 644
1916 - 2002
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 645
1454 - 1494
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 646
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 647
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 648
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 649
1924 - 2018
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 650
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 651
1886 - 1951
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 652
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 653
1566 - 1632
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 654
Among people born in 1828, Nikolay Chernyshevsky ranks 11. Before him are Rani of Jhansi, Saigō Takamori, Hippolyte Taine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Charbel Makhlouf, and Randal Cremer. After him are John Langdon Down, Louise of the Netherlands, Joseph Swan, Albert of Saxony, Albert Marth, and Paul Gachet. Among people deceased in 1889, Nikolay Chernyshevsky ranks 10. Before him are Jefferson Davis, Alexandre Cabanel, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Father Damien, Michel Eugène Chevreul, and Mihai Eminescu. After him are Luís I of Portugal, Wilkie Collins, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Marie of Prussia, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Robert Browning.
1828 - 1858
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 5
1828 - 1877
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 6
1828 - 1893
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 7
1828 - 1882
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 8
1828 - 1898
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 9
1828 - 1908
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 10
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 11
1828 - 1896
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 12
1828 - 1871
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 13
1828 - 1914
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 14
1828 - 1902
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 15
1828 - 1897
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 16
1828 - 1909
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 17
1808 - 1889
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 4
1823 - 1889
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 5
1871 - 1889
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 6
1840 - 1889
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 7
1786 - 1889
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 8
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 9
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 10
1838 - 1889
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 11
1824 - 1889
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 12
1818 - 1889
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 13
1825 - 1889
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 14
1838 - 1889
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 15
1812 - 1889
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 16
Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Chernyshevsky ranks 212 out of 2,688. Before him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), The French Angel (1903), Gherman Titov (1935), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Vasily Stalin (1921), and Viktor Korchnoi (1931). After him are Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), and Bruno Taut (1880).
1855 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 206
1903 - 1954
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 207
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 208
1857 - 1905
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 209
1921 - 1962
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 210
1931 - 2016
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 211
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 212
1901 - 1944
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 213
1919 - 1983
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 214
1853 - 1920
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 215
1921 - 2010
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 216
1863 - 1945
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 217
1880 - 1938
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 218
Among writers born in Russia, Nikolay Chernyshevsky ranks 28. Before him are Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), Ivan Bunin (1870), Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884), and Alexander Herzen (1812). After him are Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Alexander Blok (1880), Arthur Adamov (1908), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), and Alexander Griboyedov (1795).
1883 - 1945
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 22
1845 - 1904
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 23
1892 - 1941
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 24
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 25
1884 - 1937
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 26
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 27
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 28
1893 - 1984
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 29
1880 - 1921
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 30
1908 - 1970
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 31
1766 - 1826
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 32
1843 - 1916
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 33
1795 - 1829
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 34