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Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Octavio Paz has received more than 1,064,474 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 92 in 2019). Octavio Paz is the 471st most popular writer (up from 499th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Writer.
Octavio Paz is most famous for being a Mexican poet and diplomat. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990.
Memorability Metrics
1.1M
Page Views (PV)
66.82
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
91
Languages Editions (L)
4.39
Effective Languages (L*)
6.18
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Octavio Paz ranks 471 out of 5,755. Before him are Henry IV of Castile, René Guénon, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Jacques Hébert, Grazia Deledda, and William Makepeace Thackeray. After him are Boris Vian, Savitribai Phule, Jules Michelet, William S. Burroughs, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and D. H. Lawrence.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Henry IV of Castile
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 465
René Guénon
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 466
Wolfram von Eschenbach
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 467
Jacques Hébert
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 468
Grazia Deledda
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 469
William Makepeace Thackeray
1811 - 1863
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 470
Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 471
Boris Vian
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 472
Savitribai Phule
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 473
Jules Michelet
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 474
William S. Burroughs
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 475
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 476
D. H. Lawrence
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 477
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1914, Octavio Paz ranks 16. Before him are Michael Wittmann, Aribert Heim, Alec Guinness, Romain Gary, Julio Cortázar, and Bohumil Hrabal. After him are William S. Burroughs, Richard Widmark, Lída Baarová, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Jonas Salk, and Willi Stoph. Among people deceased in 1998, Octavio Paz ranks 11. Before him are Halldór Laxness, Todor Zhivkov, Ernst Jünger, Carlos Castaneda, Jean-François Lyotard, and Yang Shangkun. After him are Alan Shepard, Niklas Luhmann, Vladimir Prelog, Raymond Cattell, Konstantinos Karamanlis, and Theodore Schultz.
Others Born in 1914
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Michael Wittmann
1914 - 1944
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 10
Aribert Heim
1914 - 1992
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 11
Alec Guinness
1914 - 2000
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 12
Romain Gary
1914 - 1980
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 13
Julio Cortázar
1914 - 1984
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 14
Bohumil Hrabal
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 15
Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 16
William S. Burroughs
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 17
Richard Widmark
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 18
Lída Baarová
1914 - 2000
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 19
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
1914 - 1982
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 20
Jonas Salk
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 21
Willi Stoph
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 22
Others Deceased in 1998
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Halldór Laxness
1902 - 1998
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 5
Todor Zhivkov
1911 - 1998
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 6
Ernst Jünger
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 7
Carlos Castaneda
1925 - 1998
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 8
Jean-François Lyotard
1924 - 1998
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 9
Yang Shangkun
1907 - 1998
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 10
Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 11
Alan Shepard
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 12
Niklas Luhmann
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 13
Vladimir Prelog
1906 - 1998
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 14
Raymond Cattell
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 15
Konstantinos Karamanlis
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 16
Theodore Schultz
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 17
In Mexico
Among people born in Mexico, Octavio Paz ranks 11 out of 585. Before him are Geronimo (1829), Emiliano Zapata (1879), Carlos Slim (1940), Pancho Villa (1878), Carlos Santana (1947), and La Malinche (1502). After him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Salma Hayek (1966), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957).
Others born in Mexico
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Geronimo
1829 - 1909
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 5
Emiliano Zapata
1879 - 1919
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 6
Carlos Slim
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 7
Pancho Villa
1878 - 1923
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 8
Carlos Santana
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 9
La Malinche
1502 - 1529
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 10
Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 11
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 12
Cuauhtémoc
1495 - 1525
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 13
Porfirio Díaz
1830 - 1915
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 14
Salma Hayek
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 15
Agustín de Iturbide
1783 - 1824
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 16
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 17
Among WRITERS In Mexico
Among writers born in Mexico, Octavio Paz ranks 1. After him are Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Juan Rulfo (1917), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Laura Esquivel (1950), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), Mariano Azuela (1873), Cesar Millan (1969), Amado Nervo (1870), and José Emilio Pacheco (1939).
Octavio Paz
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1
Juana Inés de la Cruz
1648 - 1695
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2
Thomas Mayne Reid
1818 - 1883
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 3
Juan Rulfo
1917 - 1986
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 4
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 5
Laura Esquivel
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 6
Rosario Castellanos
1925 - 1974
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 7
Don Miguel Ruiz
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 8
Mariano Azuela
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 9
Cesar Millan
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 10
Amado Nervo
1870 - 1919
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 11
José Emilio Pacheco
1939 - 2014
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 12
