630 BC - 570 BC
Sappho (; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphō [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BCE) was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sappho has received more than 2,733,510 page views. Her biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Sappho is the 60th most popular writer (down from 59th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Writer.
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Among writers, Sappho ranks 60 out of 5,794. Before her are Euripides, Bertolt Brecht, Jane Austen, Nikolai Gogol, Gustave Flaubert, and Stefan Zweig. After her are Maxim Gorky, Umberto Eco, Lord Byron, Aeschylus, Arthur Rimbaud, and Matsuo Bashō.
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 85.18
Rank: 54
1898 - 1956
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 55
1775 - 1817
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 56
1809 - 1852
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 57
1821 - 1880
HPI: 85.08
Rank: 58
1881 - 1942
HPI: 84.77
Rank: 59
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 60
1868 - 1936
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 61
1932 - 2016
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 62
1788 - 1824
HPI: 84.48
Rank: 63
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 64
1854 - 1891
HPI: 84.36
Rank: 65
1644 - 1694
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 66
Among people born in 630 BC, Sappho ranks 2. Before her is Nebuchadnezzar II. After her are Jehoahaz of Judah and Stesichorus. Among people deceased in 570 BC, Sappho ranks 1. After her is Pittacus of Mytilene.
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 1
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 2
630 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 3
630 BC - 555 BC
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 4
Among people born in Greece, Sappho ranks 22 out of 855. Before her are Aristophanes (-448), Plutarch (46), Euripides (-480), Kösem Sultan (1590), Phidias (-490), and Thucydides (-460). After her are Aeschylus (-525), Protagoras (-486), Themistocles (-524), Demosthenes (-384), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), and Leonidas I (-540).
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 16
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 17
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 85.18
Rank: 18
1590 - 1651
HPI: 84.69
Rank: 19
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 20
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 84.56
Rank: 21
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 22
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 23
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 24
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 25
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 26
1478 - 1546
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 27
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 28
Among writers born in Greece, Sappho ranks 4. Before her are Sophocles (-497), Aristophanes (-448), and Euripides (-480). After her are Aeschylus (-525), Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Archilochus (-680), and Phaedrus (-20).
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 88.52
Rank: 1
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 2
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 85.18
Rank: 3
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 4
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 5
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 6
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 7
1883 - 1957
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 8
1902 - 1963
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 9
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 10
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 11
20 BC - 50
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 12