Writer

Saadi Shirazi

Persian poet

1210 - 1291

EN.WIKIPEDIA PAGE VIEWS (PV)

Photo of Saadi Shirazi

Icon of person Saadi Shirazi

His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2024). Saadi Shirazi is the 336th most popular writer (down from 244th in 2024), the 48th most popular biography from Iran (down from 39th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iranian Writer.

Saadi Shirazi is most famous for his work in the fields of poetry, literature, and philosophy.

Memorability Metrics

530k

Page Views

Past 12 months

75.10

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

Data Insights

#336 / 7,707

Saadi Shirazi ranks #336 of 7,707 Writers worldwide, placing them among the top 5% of the profession.

80

Saadi Shirazi's biography appears in 80 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 96% of all Writers.

Page views of Saadi Shirazi by language

Loading...

Among Writers

Among writers, Saadi Shirazi ranks 336 out of 7,707. Before him are William Golding, Callimachus, Jaggi Vasudev, Apollonius of Rhodes, Philip K. Dick, and Michael Ende. After him are Christine de Pizan, Mario Puzo, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Ève Curie, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and Maurice Leblanc.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1210, Saadi Shirazi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Gregory X, and Pope Honorius IV. After him are Afonso III of Portugal, Birger Jarl, Treniota, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Chaka of Bulgaria, Guan Hanqing, Toros Roslin, Campanus of Novara, and Giacomo da Lentini. Among people deceased in 1291, Saadi Shirazi ranks 2. Before him is Rudolf I of Germany. After him are Arghun, Alfonso III of Aragon, Eleanor of Provence, Solamish, Guillaume de Beaujeu, Talabuga, Joan, Countess of Blois, and Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

Others Born in 1210

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Others Deceased in 1291

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Saadi Shirazi ranks 48 out of 800. Before him are Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Doris Lessing (1919), and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903). After him are Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Reza Shah (1878), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Mahsa Amini (1999), Yazdegerd III (624), and Ghazan (1271).

Others born in Iran

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Among Writers In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Saadi Shirazi ranks 10. Before him are Ferdowsi (940), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Jami (1414), Shams Tabrizi (1185), and Doris Lessing (1919). After him are Attar of Nishapur (1145), Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Ali Shariati (1933), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), and Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883).

Iranian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people
العربية•中文•Nederlands•English•Français•Deutsch•Magyar•Italiano•日本語•Polski•Português•Русский•Español