1909 - 2001
Richard Wurmbrand, also known as Nicolai Ionescu (24 March 1909 – 17 February 2001) was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish descent. In 1948, having become a Christian ten years before, he publicly said Communism and Christianity were incompatible. Wurmbrand preached at bomb shelters and rescued Jews during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wurmbrand has received more than 601,909 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Richard Wurmbrand is the 2,273rd most popular writer (up from 2,335th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 149th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Romanian Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 2,273 out of 5,755. Before him are William Beckford, Johann Karl August Musäus, Audre Lorde, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Terence McKenna, and Wieland Wagner. After him are Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Theodore Prodromos, Marthe Bibesco, Günter Wallraff, Jonathan Franzen, and Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma.
1760 - 1844
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,267
1735 - 1787
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,268
1934 - 1992
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,269
1801 - 1873
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,270
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,271
1917 - 1966
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,272
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2,273
1670 - 1742
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2,274
1115 - 1160
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2,275
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2,276
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 2,277
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,278
520 - 607
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,279
Among people born in 1909, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 113. Before him are Mehmed Orhan, Gerhard Gentzen, Indro Montanelli, Lamberto Maggiorani, Juan Bosch, and André Cayatte. After him are Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Gottfried von Cramm, Gene Krupa, Kató Lomb, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Attilio Demaría. Among people deceased in 2001, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 88. Before him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Jaroslav Drobný, Renato Carosone, Michel Marcel Navratil, Indro Montanelli, and Juan Bosch. After him are Bill Hewlett, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Alexei Tupolev, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, and Mauro Bolognini.
1909 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 107
1909 - 1945
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 108
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 109
1909 - 1983
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 110
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 111
1909 - 1989
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 112
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 113
1909 - 1977
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 114
1909 - 1976
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 115
1909 - 1973
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 116
1909 - 2003
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 117
1909 - 1991
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 118
1909 - 1990
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 119
1919 - 2001
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 82
1921 - 2001
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 83
1920 - 2001
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 84
1908 - 2001
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 85
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 86
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 87
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 88
1913 - 2001
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 89
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 90
1925 - 2001
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 91
1943 - 2001
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 92
1907 - 2001
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 93
1922 - 2001
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 94
Among people born in Romania, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 153 out of 665. Before him are Octavian Goga (1881), Radu Lupu (1945), Abraham Wald (1902), János Arany (1817), Lucian Blaga (1895), and Victor Stănculescu (1928). After him are Marthe Bibesco (1886), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), Manea Mănescu (1916), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), and Ulpia Severina (300).
1881 - 1938
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 147
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 148
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 149
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 150
1895 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 151
1928 - 2016
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 152
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 153
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 154
1921 - 2006
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 155
1916 - 2009
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 156
1874 - 1969
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 157
1869 - 1931
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 158
300 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 159
Among writers born in Romania, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 19. Before him are Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Dora d'Istria (1828), and János Arany (1817). After him are Marthe Bibesco (1886), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), and Eva Mozes Kor (1934).
1852 - 1912
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 13
1891 - 1974
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 14
1901 - 1956
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 15
1821 - 1890
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 16
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 17
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 18
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 19
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 20
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 21
1880 - 1967
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 22
1898 - 1944
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 23
1885 - 1944
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 24
1934 - 2019
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 25