1896 - 1928
Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul van Ostaijen has received more than 48,809 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul van Ostaijen is the 4,807th most popular writer (down from 4,221st in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 526th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Writer.
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Among writers, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 4,807 out of 5,755. Before him are Raghunath Murmu, Walter M. Miller Jr., William Harrison Ainsworth, Petr Bezruč, Jan de Hartog, and Muthuswami Dikshitar. After him are Jacob van Maerlant, Louise Penny, José Mármol, Charles Williams, Archibald MacLeish, and Mari Jungstedt.
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 4,801
1923 - 1996
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 4,802
1805 - 1882
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,803
1867 - 1958
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,804
1914 - 2002
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,805
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,806
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,807
1235 - 1300
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,808
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,809
1817 - 1871
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,810
1886 - 1945
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,811
1892 - 1982
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,812
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,813
Among people born in 1896, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 197. Before him are Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Lotte Jacobi, Kim Myeong-sun, Alexander Brailowsky, Uberto De Morpurgo, and Eric Backman. After him are Gunnar Lindström, Jack Pickford, Hermann Jónasson, Blanche Sweet, Sao Shwe Thaik, and José Vidal. Among people deceased in 1928, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 89. Before him are Martin Kukučín, Theodor Curtius, Kostas Karyotakis, Stefanos Skouloudis, José Eustasio Rivera, and Jane Ellen Harrison. After him are Maria Yermolova, Georges Passerieu, Theodore Roberts, Roman Steinberg, Bill Haywood, and Klabund.
1896 - 1989
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 191
1896 - 1990
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 192
1896 - 1951
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 193
1896 - 1976
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 194
1896 - 1961
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 195
1896 - 1965
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 196
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 197
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 198
1896 - 1933
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 199
1896 - 1976
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 200
1896 - 1986
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 201
1896 - 1962
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 202
1896 - 1974
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 203
1860 - 1928
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 83
1857 - 1928
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 84
1896 - 1928
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 85
1838 - 1928
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 86
1888 - 1928
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 87
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 88
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 89
1853 - 1928
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 90
1885 - 1928
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 91
1861 - 1928
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 92
1900 - 1928
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 93
1869 - 1928
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 94
1890 - 1928
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 95
Among people born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 593 out of 1,019. Before him are Arthur Legat (1898), Joseph Pholien (1884), Jean Vallée (1941), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Jules Renkin (1862), and Aimé Haegeman (1861). After him are Jacob van Maerlant (1235), André Vandewyer (1909), Lei Clijsters (1956), Fernand de Montigny (1885), Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), and Henri De Deken (1907).
1898 - 1960
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 587
1884 - 1968
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 588
1941 - 2014
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 589
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 590
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 591
1861 - 1935
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 592
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 593
1235 - 1300
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 594
1909 - 1992
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 595
1956 - 2009
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 596
1885 - 1974
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 597
1874 - 1959
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 598
1907 - 1960
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 599
Among writers born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 38. Before him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Willem Elsschot (1882), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan van Beers (1821), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930). After him are Jacob van Maerlant (1235), François Weyergans (1941), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), Jan Frans Willems (1793), and Herman Teirlinck (1879).
1901 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 33
1871 - 1969
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 34
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 35
1821 - 1888
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 36
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 37
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 38
1235 - 1300
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 39
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 40
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 41
1878 - 1929
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 42
1793 - 1846
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 43
1879 - 1967
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 44