1944 - 2023
Peter Bieri (23 June 1944 – 27 June 2023), better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, was a Swiss writer and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Bieri has received more than 5,401 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Bieri is the 2,950th most popular writer (down from 2,936th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 281st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Swiss Writer.
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Among writers, Peter Bieri ranks 2,950 out of 5,755. Before him are Nikolay Nosov, Nemesianus, Borislav Pekić, Grigor Parlichev, Neal Stephenson, and William Robertson Smith. After him are Gabriela Zapolska, Adrienne Rich, Yu Kil-chun, Sebastian Franck, Michael Bond, and Mihály Babits.
1908 - 1976
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 2,944
300 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 2,945
1930 - 1992
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 2,946
1830 - 1893
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 2,947
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 2,948
1846 - 1894
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 2,949
1944 - 2023
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 2,950
1857 - 1921
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 2,951
1929 - 2012
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 2,952
1856 - 1914
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 2,953
1499 - 1543
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 2,954
1926 - 2017
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 2,955
1883 - 1941
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 2,956
Among people born in 1944, Peter Bieri ranks 266. Before him are Orlando Martínez, Rick Barry, Sigiswald Kuijken, David Trimble, Lena Nyman, and Ignatius Joseph III Yonan. After him are Elizabeth Loftus, Thom Mayne, Lars Norén, Jan-Carl Raspe, Élisabeth Badinter, and Whitfield Diffie. Among people deceased in 2023, Peter Bieri ranks 151. Before him are Josep Maria Fusté, Shane MacGowan, Kenneth Anger, Hubert Reeves, Albert Azaryan, and Juliette Mayniel. After him are Guy Marchand, Deniz Baykal, Richard Roundtree, María Kodama, Hugh Hudson, and Earl Boen.
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 260
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 261
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 262
1944 - 2022
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 263
1944 - 2011
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 264
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 265
1944 - 2023
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 266
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 267
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 268
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 269
1944 - 1977
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 270
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 271
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 272
1941 - 2023
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 145
1957 - 2023
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 146
1927 - 2023
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 147
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 148
1929 - 2023
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 149
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 150
1944 - 2023
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 151
1937 - 2023
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 152
1938 - 2023
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 153
1942 - 2023
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 154
1937 - 2023
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 155
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 156
1945 - 2023
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 157
Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Bieri ranks 289 out of 876. Before him are Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Marcel Bezençon (1907), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Paul Wild (1925), Doris Leuthard (1963), and Raoul Pictet (1846). After him are Jeanne Hersch (1910), Salomon Gessner (1730), Daniel Schmid (1941), Anders Arborelius (1949), Ella Maillart (1903), and Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808).
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 283
1907 - 1981
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 284
1886 - 1964
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 285
1925 - 2014
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 286
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 287
1846 - 1929
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 288
1944 - 2023
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 289
1910 - 2000
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 290
1730 - 1788
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 291
1941 - 2006
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 292
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 293
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 294
1808 - 1881
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 295
Among writers born in Switzerland, Peter Bieri ranks 30. Before him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Jean Starobinski (1920), Emma Jung (1882), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Arthur Cravan (1887), and Edmond Privat (1889). After him are Ella Maillart (1903), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Françoise Giroud (1916), and Peter Bichsel (1935).
1825 - 1898
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 24
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 25
1882 - 1955
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 26
1797 - 1854
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 27
1887 - 1918
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 28
1889 - 1962
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 29
1944 - 2023
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 30
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 31
1500 - 1564
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 32
1925 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 33
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 34
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 35
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 36