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Pliny the Younger
61 - 113
Pliny the Younger
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo; 61 – c. 113), better known in English as Pliny the Younger ( PLIN-ee), 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 1,895,691 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Pliny the Younger is the 172nd most popular writer (down from 156th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Italy (down from 216th 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
Among writers, Pliny the Younger ranks 172 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Turgenev, H. G. Wells, Pindar, Yasunari Kawabata, Orhan Pamuk, and Karel Čapek. After him are François-René de Chateaubriand, Wisława Szymborska, Taras Shevchenko, Luigi Pirandello, Svetlana Alexievich, and J. D. Salinger.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsIvan Turgenev
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 166
H. G. Wells
1866 - 1946
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 167
Pindar
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 168
Yasunari Kawabata
1899 - 1972
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 169
Orhan Pamuk
1952 - Present
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 170
Karel Čapek
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 171
Pliny the Younger
61 - 113
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 172
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768 - 1848
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 173
Wisława Szymborska
1923 - 2012
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 174
Taras Shevchenko
1814 - 1861
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 175
Luigi Pirandello
1867 - 1936
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 176
Svetlana Alexievich
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 177
J. D. Salinger
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 178
Contemporaries
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.
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Among people born in Italy, Pliny the Younger ranks 245 out of 5,161. Before him are Sergio Leone (1929), Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Pope Nicholas V (1397), Pope Innocent XIII (1655), and Pope Pelagius II (520). After him are Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Leo I (390), Cesare Lombroso (1835), Pope John XV (1000), Diodorus Siculus (-90), and Cimabue (1240).
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Among WRITERS In Italy
Among writers born in Italy, Pliny the Younger ranks 15. Before him are Giorgio Vasari (1511), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), Plautus (-254), Cato the Elder (-243), Carlo Collodi (1826), and Catullus (-84). After him are Luigi Pirandello (1867), Juvenal (50), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Torquato Tasso (1544), Dario Fo (1926), and Sallust (-86).
Giorgio Vasari
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Rank: 9
Guillaume Apollinaire
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HPI: 75.52
Rank: 10
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Cato the Elder
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HPI: 75.29
Rank: 12
Carlo Collodi
1826 - 1890
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 13
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HPI: 74.24
Rank: 14
Pliny the Younger
61 - 113
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 15
Luigi Pirandello
1867 - 1936
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 16
Juvenal
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HPI: 72.85
Rank: 17
Carlo Goldoni
1707 - 1793
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 18
Torquato Tasso
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 19
Dario Fo
1926 - 2016
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 20
Sallust
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HPI: 71.07
Rank: 21