1902 - 1963
Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (Turkish: [naːˈzɯm hicˈmet] ), was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic communist" and a "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nâzım Hikmet has received more than 586,145 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Nâzım Hikmet is the 352nd most popular writer (down from 310th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Greece (down from 80th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Greek Writer.
Nâzım Hikmet is most famous for his poetry. He was a Turkish poet, novelist, and communist activist.
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Among writers, Nâzım Hikmet ranks 352 out of 5,755. Before him are Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Paul Éluard, James Fenimore Cooper, Truman Capote, John Keats, and Max Brod. After him are Jacques Prévert, Ahmad Yasawi, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jean Genet, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt.
25 BC - 50
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 346
1895 - 1952
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 347
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 348
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 349
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 350
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 351
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 352
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 353
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 354
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 355
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 356
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 357
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 358
Among people born in 1902, Nâzım Hikmet ranks 18. Before him are Halldór Laxness, Fernand Braudel, Ray Kroc, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Barbara McClintock, and Eugene Wigner. After him are William Wyler, Alfred Kastler, Walter Houser Brattain, Kurt Alder, Josemaría Escrivá, and Arne Tiselius. Among people deceased in 1963, Nâzım Hikmet ranks 15. Before him are Robert Schuman, Tristan Tzara, Ngo Dinh Diem, C. S. Lewis, Abd el-Krim, and Paul Hindemith. After him are Francis Poulenc, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Sylvia Plath, Theodor Heuss, Thích Quảng Đức, and Yasujirō Ozu.
1902 - 1998
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 12
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 13
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 14
1902 - 1969
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 15
1902 - 1992
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 16
1902 - 1995
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 17
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 18
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 19
1902 - 1984
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 20
1902 - 1987
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 21
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 22
1902 - 1975
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 23
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 24
1886 - 1963
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 9
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 10
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 11
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 12
1882 - 1963
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 13
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 14
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 15
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 16
1883 - 1963
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 17
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 18
1884 - 1963
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 19
1897 - 1963
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 20
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 21
Among people born in Greece, Nâzım Hikmet ranks 100 out of 936. Before him are Oruç Reis (1473), Cimon (-510), Nestor (null), Irene Papas (1929), Creon (null), and Melissus of Samos (-470). After him are Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), Phryne (-371), Scopas (-395), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), and Necho II (-625).
1473 - 1518
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 94
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 95
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 96
1929 - 2022
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 97
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 98
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 99
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 100
1590 - 1620
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 101
1789 - 1848
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 102
371 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 103
395 BC - 350 BC
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 104
1192 - 1254
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 105
625 BC - 595 BC
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 106
Among writers born in Greece, Nâzım Hikmet ranks 13. Before him are Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Archilochus (-680), and Simonides of Ceos (-556). After him are Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), Phaedrus (-20), Tyrtaeus (-700), Longus (110), and Demetrius Vikelas (1835).
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 7
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 8
1883 - 1957
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 9
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 10
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 12
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 13
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 14
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 15
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 16
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 18
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 19