Writer
Rumi
1207 - 1273
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Rumi
His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 103 in 2024). Rumi is the 26th most popular writer, the most popular biography from Afghanistan and the most popular Afghan Writer.
Rumi is most famous for his poetry and his work in Sufism.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Rumi ranks 26 out of 7,302. Before him are T. S. Eliot, Ovid, Alexandre Dumas, Albert Camus, Hesiod, and Anton Chekhov. After him are Petrarch, Honoré de Balzac, Aesop, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Gabriel García Márquez, and Giovanni Boccaccio.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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T. S. Eliot
1888 - 1965
HPI: 87.25
Rank: 20
Ovid
43 BC - 17
HPI: 86.87
Rank: 21
Alexandre Dumas
1802 - 1870
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 22
Albert Camus
1913 - 1960
HPI: 86.77
Rank: 23
Hesiod
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 86.72
Rank: 24
Anton Chekhov
1860 - 1904
HPI: 86.67
Rank: 25
Rumi
1207 - 1273
HPI: 86.64
Rank: 26
Petrarch
1304 - 1374
HPI: 86.60
Rank: 27
Honoré de Balzac
1799 - 1850
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 28
Aesop
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 29
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1900 - 1944
HPI: 86.21
Rank: 30
Gabriel García Márquez
1927 - 2014
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 31
Giovanni Boccaccio
1313 - 1375
HPI: 85.98
Rank: 32
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1207, Rumi ranks 1. After him are Batu Khan, Elizabeth of Hungary, Henry III of England, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Ottone Visconti, and Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq. Among people deceased in 1273, Rumi ranks 1. After him are Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Muhammad I of Granada, Al-Qurtubi, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, and Thomas Bérard.
Others Born in 1207
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WRITER
1207 - 1273
HPI: 86.64
Rank: 1
Batu Khan
POLITICIAN
1207 - 1255
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 2
Elizabeth of Hungary
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1207 - 1231
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 3
Henry III of England
POLITICIAN
1207 - 1272
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 4
Philip I, Count of Savoy
NOBLEMAN
1207 - 1285
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 5
Henry II, Duke of Brabant
POLITICIAN
1207 - 1248
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 6
Mechthild of Magdeburg
PHILOSOPHER
1207 - 1282
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 7
Ottone Visconti
POLITICIAN
1207 - 1295
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 8
Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq
POLITICIAN
1207 - 1258
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 9
Others Deceased in 1273
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WRITER
1207 - 1273
HPI: 86.64
Rank: 1
Baldwin II, Latin Emperor
POLITICIAN
1217 - 1273
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 2
Muhammad I of Granada
POLITICIAN
1194 - 1273
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 3
Al-Qurtubi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1214 - 1273
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 4
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
COMPANION
1227 - 1273
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 5
Thomas Bérard
POLITICIAN
1300 - 1273
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 6
In Afghanistan
Among people born in Afghanistan, Rumi ranks 1 out of NaN. After him are Al-Farabi (872), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Roxana (-347), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), and Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940).
Others born in Afghanistan
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WRITER
1207 - 1273
HPI: 86.64
Rank: 1
Al-Farabi
PHILOSOPHER
872 - 951
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 2
Mahmud of Ghazni
POLITICIAN
971 - 1030
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 3
Ashraf Ghani
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 4
Roxana
COMPANION
347 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 5
Ahmad Shah Durrani
POLITICIAN
1722 - 1772
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 6
Abbas the Great
POLITICIAN
1571 - 1629
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 7
Mohammed Zahir Shah
POLITICIAN
1914 - 2007
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 8
Hamid Karzai
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 9
Amanullah Khan
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1960
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 10
Hasan Akhund
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 11
Burhanuddin Rabbani
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2011
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 12
Among Writers In Afghanistan
Among writers born in Afghanistan, Rumi ranks 1. After him are Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Sanai (1080), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Unsuri (980), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Abdul Hakim Haqqani (1967), Nadia Anjuman (1981), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992).
Rumi
1207 - 1273
HPI: 86.64
Rank: 1
Ali-Shir Nava'i
1441 - 1501
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 2
Khaled Hosseini
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
Sanai
1080 - 1131
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 4
Gulbadan Begum
1523 - 1603
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 5
Unsuri
980 - 1039
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 6
Rabia Balkhi
1000 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 7
Farrukhi Sistani
980 - 1037
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 8
Atiq Rahimi
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 9
Abdul Hakim Haqqani
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 10
Nadia Anjuman
1981 - 2005
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 11
Niloofar Rahmani
1992 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 12
