1942 - Today
Sergio Ramírez Mercado (Latin American Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo raˈmiɾes]; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government, in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergio Ramírez has received more than 105,357 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sergio Ramírez is the 3,347th most popular writer (up from 4,168th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Nicaragua (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Nicaraguan Writer.
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Among writers, Sergio Ramírez ranks 3,347 out of 5,755. Before him are William Hope Hodgson, Eleanor Hibbert, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Giosafat Barbaro, Edith Durham, and Gʻafur Gʻulom. After him are Viktor Rydberg, Mary Seacole, Angelos Sikelianos, Bragi Boddason, Elia Abu Madi, and Casimir Delavigne.
1877 - 1918
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 3,341
1906 - 1993
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 3,342
1925 - 2011
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 3,343
1413 - 1494
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 3,344
1863 - 1944
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 3,345
1903 - 1966
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 3,346
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 3,347
1828 - 1895
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 3,348
1805 - 1881
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 3,349
1884 - 1951
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 3,350
800 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 3,351
1890 - 1957
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 3,352
1793 - 1843
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 3,353
Among people born in 1942, Sergio Ramírez ranks 302. Before him are Gijs van Lennep, Bill Ivy, Yevhen Rudakov, Jon Finch, Ademir da Guia, and Country Joe McDonald. After him are Leon Russell, Imran N. Hosein, Paul Butterfield, Jack DeJohnette, Boubacar Traoré, and Natalia Gutman.
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 296
1942 - 1969
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 297
1942 - 2011
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 298
1942 - 2012
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 299
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 300
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 301
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 302
1942 - 2016
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 303
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 304
1942 - 1987
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 305
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 306
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 307
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 308
Among people born in Nicaragua, Sergio Ramírez ranks 14 out of 29. Before him are Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Barbara Carrera (1945), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Bianca Jagger (1945), and Edén Pastora (1936). After him are Gioconda Belli (1948), Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), José Santos Zelaya (1853), Claribel Alegría (1924), and Alexis Argüello (1952).
1928 - 2021
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 8
1922 - 1967
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 9
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 12
1936 - 2020
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 15
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 16
1874 - 1946
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 17
1853 - 1919
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 18
1924 - 2018
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 19
1952 - 2009
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 20
Among writers born in Nicaragua, Sergio Ramírez ranks 2. Before him are Rubén Darío (1867). After him are Gioconda Belli (1948) and Claribel Alegría (1924).
1867 - 1916
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 3
1924 - 2018
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 4