1949 - Today
Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo; on January 11, 1949), also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paco Ignacio Taibo II has received more than 136,487 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Paco Ignacio Taibo II is the 4,725th most popular writer (down from 4,104th in 2019), the 1,412th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,202nd in 2019) and the 178th most popular Spanish Writer.
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Among writers, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 4,725 out of 5,755. Before him are Béla Illés, Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov, Henry Roth, Teresa de la Parra, Imants Ziedonis, and Wilferd Madelung. After him are Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Richard Scarry, Reginald Rose, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Art Buchwald, and Aneirin.
1895 - 1974
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 4,719
1890 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 4,720
1906 - 1995
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 4,721
1889 - 1936
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 4,722
1933 - 2013
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 4,723
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 4,724
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 4,725
1897 - 1995
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 4,726
1919 - 1994
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 4,727
1920 - 2002
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 4,728
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 4,729
1925 - 2007
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 4,730
525 - 600
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 4,731
Among people born in 1949, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 401. Before him are Bill O'Reilly, Gyude Bryant, Richard Russo, Randall Wallace, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, and Manolo el del bombo. After him are Jerzy Gorgoń, Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Francisco Robles Ortega, Patrick Nève, Carlos Babington, and Pavel Lungin.
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 395
1949 - 2014
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 396
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 397
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 398
1949 - 2021
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 399
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 400
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 401
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 402
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 403
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 404
1949 - 2017
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 405
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 406
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 407
Among people born in Spain, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 1,412 out of 2,932. Before him are Emilio Arrieta (1823), Bernardo Ruiz (1925), Berenguer de Palou II (1101), Arturo Pomar (1931), Martín Marculeta (1907), and Manolo el del bombo (1949). After him are Sergi Roberto (1992), Diego Tristán (1976), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Paloma San Basilio (1950), Joseíto (1926), and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (1879).
1823 - 1894
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 1,406
1925 - Present
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 1,407
1101 - 1241
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 1,408
1931 - 2016
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 1,409
1907 - 1984
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 1,410
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 1,411
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 1,412
1992 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 1,413
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 1,414
1778 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 1,415
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 1,416
1926 - 2007
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 1,417
1879 - 1948
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 1,418
Among writers born in Spain, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 178. Before him are Juan de la Cueva (1543), Juan de Mena (1411), León Felipe (1884), Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), Terenci Moix (1942), and Joseba Sarrionandia (1958). After him are Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851), José Bergamín (1895), José Manuel Caballero (1926), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), and José María de Pereda (1833).
1543 - 1612
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 172
1411 - 1456
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 173
1884 - 1968
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 174
1880 - 1962
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 175
1942 - 2003
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 176
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 177
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 178
1851 - 1908
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 179
1895 - 1983
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 180
1926 - 2021
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 181
1918 - 1991
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 182
1842 - 1902
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 183
1833 - 1906
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 184