61 - 113
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger (), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. Pliny the Younger wrote hundreds of letters, of which 247 survived, and which are of great historical value. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pliny the Younger has received more than 1,752,929 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Pliny the Younger is the 156th most popular writer (down from 148th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Italy (down from 180th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Writer.
Pliny the Younger is most famous for his letters, which were written to his friend and mentor, Pliny the Elder. In these letters, he discusses the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which killed his uncle, Pliny the Elder.
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Among writers, Pliny the Younger ranks 156 out of 5,755. Before him are Eugène Ionesco, Heinrich Böll, Joseph Conrad, André Breton, Dr. Seuss, and William Faulkner. After him are Jean Racine, Hafez, Fernando Pessoa, Menander, Novalis, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
1909 - 1994
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 150
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 151
1857 - 1924
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 152
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 153
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 154
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 155
61 - 113
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 156
1639 - 1699
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 157
1325 - 1389
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 158
1888 - 1935
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342 BC - 291 BC
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1772 - 1801
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780 - 855
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Among people born in 61, Pliny the Younger ranks 1. Among people deceased in 113, Pliny the Younger ranks 1. After him is Yamato Takeru.
Among people born in Italy, Pliny the Younger ranks 217 out of 4,668. Before him are Sergio Leone (1929), Farinelli (1705), Pope Urban III (1200), Pope Leo III (750), Pope Marcellus II (1501), and Marie de' Medici (1575). After him are Pope Honorius III (1148), Messalina (17), Rita of Cascia (1381), Diodorus Siculus (-90), Cesare Lombroso (1835), and Pope Clement X (1590).
1929 - 1989
HPI: 73.85
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1705 - 1782
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1200 - 1187
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750 - 816
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1501 - 1555
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1575 - 1642
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61 - 113
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1148 - 1227
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17 - 48
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1381 - 1457
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90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
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1835 - 1909
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1590 - 1676
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Among writers born in Italy, Pliny the Younger ranks 15. Before him are Giorgio Vasari (1511), Cato the Elder (-243), Plautus (-254), Carlo Collodi (1826), Catullus (-84), and Guillaume Apollinaire (1880). After him are Juvenal (50), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Torquato Tasso (1544), Sallust (-86), Christine de Pizan (1365), and Dario Fo (1926).
1511 - 1574
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243 BC - 149 BC
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254 BC - 184 BC
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1826 - 1890
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84 BC - 54 BC
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1880 - 1918
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61 - 113
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50 - 200
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1867 - 1936
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1544 - 1595
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86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
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1365 - 1430
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1926 - 2016
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