Writer

Rabindranath Tagore

1861 - 1941

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Rabindranath Tagore

His biography is available in 164 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 160 in 2024). Rabindranath Tagore is the 67th most popular writer (down from 63rd in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from India (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Writer.

Rabindranath Tagore is most famous for his poetry and novels. He is also known for being the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Rabindranath Tagore ranks 67 out of 7,302. Before him are Henrik Ibsen, Stendhal, Ayn Rand, Aeschylus, Bertolt Brecht, and Selma Lagerlöf. After him are Jorge Luis Borges, Stefan Zweig, Thomas Mann, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Frost, and Romain Rolland.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Henrik Ibsen
1828 - 1906
HPI: 83.92
Rank: 61
Stendhal
1783 - 1842
HPI: 83.83
Rank: 62
Ayn Rand
1905 - 1982
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 63
Aeschylus
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 83.66
Rank: 64
Bertolt Brecht
1898 - 1956
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 65
Selma Lagerlöf
1858 - 1940
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 66
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 67
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 - 1986
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 68
Stefan Zweig
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 69
Thomas Mann
1875 - 1955
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 70
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 71
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 72
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 73

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Rabindranath Tagore ranks 1. After him are Mehmed VI, Fridtjof Nansen, Rudolf Steiner, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Georges Méliès, Edith Roosevelt, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Georgy Lvov, and Erich von Falkenhayn. Among people deceased in 1941, Rabindranath Tagore ranks 3. Before him are James Joyce, and Wilhelm II, German Emperor. After him are Henri Bergson, Virginia Woolf, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Walther Nernst, Emanuel Lasker, Maurice Leblanc, Maximilian Kolbe, and Paul Sabatier.

Others Born in 1861

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Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 1
Mehmed VI
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1926
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 2
Fridtjof Nansen
EXPLORER
1861 - 1930
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 3
Rudolf Steiner
PHILOSOPHER
1861 - 1925
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 4
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 5
Lou Andreas-Salomé
WRITER
1861 - 1937
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 6
Georges Méliès
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1938
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 7
Edith Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1948
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 8
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1948
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 9
Victor Horta
ARCHITECT
1861 - 1947
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 10
Georgy Lvov
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1925
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 11
Erich von Falkenhayn
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1861 - 1922
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1941

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James Joyce
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 89.38
Rank: 1
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1941
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 2
Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 3
Henri Bergson
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1941
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 4
Virginia Woolf
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 5
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1941
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 6
Alfonso XIII of Spain
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1941
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 7
Walther Nernst
CHEMIST
1864 - 1941
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 8
Emanuel Lasker
CHESS PLAYER
1868 - 1941
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 9
Maurice Leblanc
WRITER
1864 - 1941
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 10
Maximilian Kolbe
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1894 - 1941
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 11
Paul Sabatier
CHEMIST
1854 - 1941
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 12