1600 - 1681
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681) (UK: , US: ; Spanish: [ˈpeðɾo kaldeˈɾon de la ˈβaɾka]; full name: Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for his plays. Calderón de la Barca was born in Madrid, where he spent most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Calderón de la Barca has received more than 438,325 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Pedro Calderón de la Barca is the 227th most popular writer (up from 300th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Spain (up from 70th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Writer.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca is most famous for writing the play Life is a Dream.
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Among writers, Pedro Calderón de la Barca ranks 227 out of 5,755. Before him are Ray Bradbury, Luigi Pirandello, John Milton, Peter Drucker, Johanna Spyri, and Nikos Kazantzakis. After him are Maurice Leblanc, Al-Masudi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Lu Xun, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 221
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 222
1608 - 1674
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 223
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 224
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 225
1883 - 1957
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 226
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 227
1864 - 1941
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 228
896 - 956
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 229
1803 - 1882
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 230
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 231
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 232
1759 - 1797
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 233
Among people born in 1600, Pedro Calderón de la Barca ranks 3. Before him are Charles I of England and Pope Clement IX. After him are Claude Lorrain, Sawney Bean, False Dmitry II, Marie de Rohan, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Maria Celeste, Nicolas Sanson, Kuchum, and Gabriel Naudé. Among people deceased in 1681, Pedro Calderón de la Barca ranks 1. After him are Gerard ter Borch, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Zheng Jing, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Jahanara Begum, Justus Sustermans, Agafya Grushetskaya, and Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz.
1600 - 1649
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1
1600 - 1669
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 3
1600 - 1682
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 4
1600 - 1600
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 5
1600 - 1610
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 6
1600 - 1679
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 7
1600 - 1616
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 8
1600 - 1634
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 9
1600 - 1667
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 10
1600 - 1601
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 11
1600 - 1653
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 12
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 1
1617 - 1681
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 2
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 3
1661 - 1681
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4
1642 - 1681
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 5
1615 - 1681
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 6
1648 - 1681
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 7
1635 - 1681
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 8
1614 - 1681
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 9
1597 - 1681
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 10
1663 - 1681
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 11
1619 - 1681
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Pedro Calderón de la Barca ranks 59 out of 2,932. Before him are Quintilian (35), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Ramon Llull (1232), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Michael Servetus (1509), and Abd al-Rahman III (889). After him are Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Plácido Domingo (1941), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), and Florentino Pérez (1947).
35 - 96
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 53
1617 - 1682
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 54
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 55
1598 - 1664
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 56
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 57
889 - 961
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 58
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 59
1591 - 1652
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 60
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 61
1830 - 1904
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 62
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 63
1221 - 1284
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 64
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 65
Among writers born in Spain, Pedro Calderón de la Barca ranks 5. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), and Quintilian (35). After him are Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64).
1547 - 1616
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 1
1898 - 1936
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 2
1562 - 1635
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 3
35 - 96
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 4
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 5
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 6
1221 - 1284
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 7
39 - 65
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 8
40 - 104
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 10
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 11
64 BC - 17
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 12