1141 - 1209
Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی, romanized: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, lit. 'Niẓāmī of Ganja') (c. 1141–1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nizami Ganjavi has received more than 553,561 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Nizami Ganjavi is the 190th most popular writer (down from 181st in 2019), the most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the most popular Azerbaijani Writer.
Nizami Ganjavi is most famous for his epic poem, the "Khamsa," which is a collection of five long poems.
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Among writers, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 190 out of 5,794. Before him are Khalil Gibran, Georges Simenon, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Peter Handke, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Yukio Mishima. After him are Tristan Tzara, Lucian, Sigrid Undset, Mario Vargas Llosa, Saadi Shirazi, and Arthur C. Clarke.
1883 - 1931
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 184
1903 - 1989
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 185
858 - 922
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 186
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 187
1842 - 1898
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 188
1925 - 1970
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 189
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 190
1896 - 1963
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 191
120 - 200
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 192
1882 - 1949
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 193
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 194
1210 - 1291
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 195
1917 - 2008
HPI: 79.21
Rank: 196
Among people born in 1141, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1. After him are Gerard de Ridefort, Malcolm IV of Scotland, Eisai, and Floris III, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1209, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1. After him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Phillipe de Plessis, Raymond Roger Trencavel, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, and William of Champlitte.
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 1
1141 - 1189
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 2
1141 - 1165
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 3
1141 - 1215
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 4
1141 - 1190
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 5
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 1
1149 - 1209
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 2
1165 - 1209
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 3
1185 - 1209
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 4
1180 - 1209
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 5
1160 - 1209
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 6
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1 out of 159. After him are Richard Sorge (1895), Heydar Aliyev (1923), Lev Landau (1908), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), and Ivan Bagramyan (1897).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 1
1895 - 1944
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 2
1923 - 2003
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 3
1908 - 1968
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 4
1927 - 2007
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 5
1369 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 6
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1250 - 1291
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 10
1901 - 1932
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 11
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1. After him are Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), Mahsati (1089), Samad Vurgun (1906), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Banine (1905), Mirza Khazar (1947), and Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 1
1369 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 2
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 3
1812 - 1878
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 4
1126 - 1199
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 5
1089 - 1181
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 6
1906 - 1956
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 7
1794 - 1852
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 8
1869 - 1932
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 9
1905 - 1992
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 10
1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 11
1794 - 1847
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 12