1906 - 1956
Samad Vurgun (Azerbaijani: Səməd Vurğun [sæˈmæd vuɾˈɣun]; born Samad Yusif oghlu Vekilov; March 21, 1906 – May 27, 1956) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet poet, dramatist, public figure, first People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943), academician of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (1945), laureate of two Stalin Prizes of second degree (1941, 1942), and member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1940.The Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre and streets in Baku and Moscow, and formerly the city of Hovk in Armenia, are named after him. Samad Vurgun is the first poet in the literature history of Azerbaijan who was given the title “The Poet of Public”. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samad Vurgun has received more than 75,139 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Samad Vurgun is the 2,058th most popular writer (up from 2,212th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 36th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.
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Among writers, Samad Vurgun ranks 2,058 out of 5,755. Before him are William Moulton Marston, Pavel Kohout, Miguel Delibes, Erich Segal, Camilo Castelo Branco, and Frederick Marryat. After him are Frédéric Ozanam, Sigismund von Herberstein, Tadeusz Borowski, William of Moerbeke, Jacopone da Todi, and Marcellinus Comes.
1893 - 1947
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 2,052
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,053
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,054
1937 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,055
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 2,056
1792 - 1848
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 2,057
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 2,058
1813 - 1853
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 2,059
1486 - 1566
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 2,060
1922 - 1951
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 2,061
1215 - 1286
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 2,062
1236 - 1306
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 2,063
450 - 534
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 2,064
Among people born in 1906, Samad Vurgun ranks 116. Before him are Joan Hickson, Musa Cälil, Antal Doráti, Chester Carlson, Denis de Rougemont, and Hamazasp Babadzhanian. After him are Piero Taruffi, Philo Farnsworth, Jean Dieudonné, Mary Astor, Princess Anne of Orléans, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar. Among people deceased in 1956, Samad Vurgun ranks 70. Before him are Ernst Robert Curtius, Erhard Raus, Nikolaj Velimirović, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, and Clifford Brown. After him are Jimmie Angel, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Alexander Gretchaninov, Harold Bride, Helmer Hanssen, and Ernest King.
1906 - 1998
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 110
1906 - 1944
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 111
1906 - 1988
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 112
1906 - 1968
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 113
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 114
1906 - 1977
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 115
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 116
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 117
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 118
1906 - 1992
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 119
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 120
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 121
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 122
1886 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 64
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 65
1880 - 1956
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 66
1896 - 1956
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 67
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 68
1930 - 1956
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 69
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 70
1899 - 1956
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 71
1879 - 1956
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 72
1864 - 1956
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 73
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 74
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 75
1878 - 1956
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 76
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Samad Vurgun ranks 40 out of 189. Before him are Gara Garayev (1918), Vladimir Menshov (1939), Zeynab Khanlarova (1936), Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896), Vagit Alekperov (1950), and Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906). After him are Hazi Aslanov (1910), Molla Panah Vagif (1717), Hovannes Adamian (1879), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), and Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869).
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 34
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 35
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 36
1896 - 1956
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 37
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 38
1906 - 1977
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 39
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 40
1910 - 1945
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 41
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 42
1879 - 1932
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 43
1794 - 1852
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 44
1089 - 1181
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 45
1869 - 1932
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 46
Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Samad Vurgun ranks 7. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), and Banine (1905). After him are Molla Panah Vagif (1717), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925), and Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 1
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 2
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 3
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 4
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 5
1905 - 1992
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 6
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 8
1794 - 1852
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1089 - 1181
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 10
1869 - 1932
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 11
1925 - 2009
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 12
1794 - 1847
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 13