500 - 500
Nonnus of Panopolis (Greek: Νόννος ὁ Πανοπολίτης, Nónnos ho Panopolítēs, fl. 5th century CE) was the most notable Greek epic poet of the Imperial Roman era. He was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived in the 5th century CE. He is known as the composer of the Dionysiaca, an epic tale of the god Dionysus, and of the Metabole, a paraphrase of the Gospel of John. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nonnus has received more than 168,702 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nonnus is the 792nd most popular writer (up from 821st in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 138th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Egyptian Writer.
Nonnus is most famous for his epic poem Dionysiaca, which is a long narrative poem about the life of Dionysus.
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Among writers, Nonnus ranks 792 out of 5,755. Before him are Arrigo Boito, Alejo Carpentier, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fyodor Tyutchev, Ibn Hawqal, and Wole Soyinka. After him are Juliette Récamier, Max Jacob, Virginia Satir, Neale Donald Walsch, Julian Barnes, and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné.
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 786
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 787
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 788
1803 - 1873
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 789
943 - 988
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 790
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 791
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 792
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 793
1876 - 1944
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 794
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 795
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 796
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 797
1626 - 1696
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 798
Among people born in 500, Nonnus ranks 9. Before him are Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Totila, Pope Vigilius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Peroz I, and Basiliscus. After him are Yazdegerd II, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Ildico, Antipope Dioscorus, Gundobad, and Antipope Laurentius. Among people deceased in 500, Nonnus ranks 3. Before him are Vātsyāyana and Chandragupta II. After him are Zu Chongzhi, Buddhaghosa, Charaton, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Anthemius, Asclepigenia, Faustus of Byzantium, and Aedesia.
500 - 510
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 3
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 4
500 - 555
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 5
500 - 524
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 6
500 - 484
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 7
500 - 476
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 8
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 9
500 - 457
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 10
500 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
500 - Present
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 12
500 - 530
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 13
500 - 516
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 14
500 - 507
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 15
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 1
400 - 500
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 3
429 - 500
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 4
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 5
400 - 500
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 6
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 7
420 - 500
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 8
400 - 500
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 9
400 - 500
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 10
390 - 500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 11
500 - 500
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 12
Among people born in Egypt, Nonnus ranks 150 out of 582. Before him are Mentuhotep I (-2200), Intef I (-2200), Ptolemy Keraunos (-318), Ptolemy XI Alexander II (-100), Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923), and Faten Hamama (1931). After him are Smendes (-1200), Dodi Fayed (1955), Adly Mansour (1945), Apries (-650), Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), and Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929).
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 144
2200 BC - 2121 BC
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 145
318 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 146
100 BC - 80 BC
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 147
1923 - 2012
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 148
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 149
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 150
1200 BC - 1052 BC
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 151
1955 - 1997
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 152
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 153
650 BC - 567 BC
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 154
68 BC - 41 BC
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 155
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 156
Among writers born in Egypt, Nonnus ranks 10. Before him are Appian (95), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), and Claudian (370). After him are Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Taha Hussein (1889), Dionysius Thrax (-170), Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), and Ahmed Shawqi (1868).
95 - 165
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 4
295 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 5
250 - 325
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 6
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
200 - 223
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 8
370 - 404
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 9
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
190 - 264
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 11
1889 - 1973
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 12
170 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 13
200 - 300
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 14
1888 - 1970
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 15
1868 - 1932
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 16