1875 - 1950
Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (a.k.a. Captain Blood: His Odyssey) (1922), and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Sabatini has received more than 331,247 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Rafael Sabatini is the 1,632nd most popular writer (down from 1,498th in 2019), the 1,716th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,574th in 2019) and the 119th most popular Italian Writer.
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Among writers, Rafael Sabatini ranks 1,632 out of 5,755. Before him are Lajos Zilahy, Juan Donoso Cortés, Lady Randolph Churchill, Ted Hughes, Martin Opitz, and Avitus of Vienne. After him are Mendele Mocher Sforim, Martin of Opava, Per Wahlöö, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Ruth Rendell, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
1891 - 1974
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 1,626
1809 - 1853
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,627
1854 - 1921
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,628
1930 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,629
1597 - 1639
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,630
450 - 518
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,631
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,632
1835 - 1917
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,633
1300 - 1279
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1,634
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,635
1774 - 1856
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,636
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,637
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,638
Among people born in 1875, Rafael Sabatini ranks 51. Before him are Nobuyuki Abe, Qiu Jin, Matthias Erzberger, Birsa Munda, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Leonardo De Lorenzo. After him are Fatali Khan Khoyski, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Albert Ketèlbey, Vesto Slipher, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, and Maurice de Broglie. Among people deceased in 1950, Rafael Sabatini ranks 55. Before him are Ryuzo Shimizu, Charles Koechlin, Vasil Kolarov, Fevzi Çakmak, Agnes Smedley, and Karl Guthe Jansky. After him are Adam Rainer, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Henry L. Stimson, Nikolai Voznesensky, Walter Huston, and Henry H. Arnold.
1875 - 1953
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 45
1875 - 1907
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 46
1875 - 1921
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 47
1875 - 1900
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 48
1875 - 1937
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 49
1875 - 1962
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 50
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 51
1875 - 1920
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 52
1875 - 1957
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 53
1875 - 1959
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 54
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 55
1875 - 1951
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 56
1875 - 1960
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 57
1902 - 1950
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 49
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 50
1877 - 1950
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 51
1876 - 1950
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 52
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 53
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 54
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 55
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 56
1874 - 1950
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 57
1867 - 1950
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 58
1903 - 1950
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 59
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 60
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 61
Among people born in Italy, Rafael Sabatini ranks 1,716 out of 4,668. Before him are Paolo Tosti (1846), Jacopo Tiepolo (1150), Irene of Montferrat (1274), Silvia Federici (1942), Sergio Rossi (1935), and Marco Bellocchio (1939). After him are Natalie of Serbia (1859), Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (-232), Ornella Vanoni (1934), Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa (1822), Antipope Victor IV (1010), and Licio Gelli (1919).
1846 - 1916
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,710
1150 - 1249
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,711
1274 - 1317
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,712
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,713
1935 - 2020
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,714
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,715
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,716
1859 - 1941
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,717
232 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1,718
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,719
1822 - 1855
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,720
1010 - 1139
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,721
1919 - 2015
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,722
Among writers born in Italy, Rafael Sabatini ranks 119. Before him are Clodia Pulchra (-94), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), Pacuvius (-220), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), and Archestratus (-350). After him are Gaius Julius Solinus (400), Julius Firmicus Maternus (400), Philemon (-362), Cesare Zavattini (1902), Tonino Guerra (1920), and Corax of Syracuse (-500).
94 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 113
1458 - 1530
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 114
220 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 115
1441 - 1494
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 116
1220 - 1272
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 117
350 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 118
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 119
400 - 400
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 120
400 - 400
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 121
362 BC - 262 BC
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 122
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 123
1920 - 2012
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 124
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 125