WRITER
Sholem Aleichem
1859 - 1916
Sholem Aleichem
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Russian: Соломон Наумович Рабинович; March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish and Hebrew: שלום עליכם, also spelled שאָלעם־אלייכעם in Soviet Yiddish, [ˈʃɔləm aˈlɛjxəm]; Russian and Ukrainian: Шо́лом-Але́йхем), was a Yiddish author and playwright who lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sholem Aleichem has received more than 855,890 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Sholem Aleichem is the 421st most popular writer (down from 407th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 45th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ukrainian Writer.
Sholem Aleichem is most famous for his work Tevye the Dairyman, which tells the story of a Jewish milkman and his family in a Russian village.
Memorability Metrics
860k
Page Views (PV)
72.72
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
46
Languages Editions (L)
7.59
Effective Languages (L*)
2.86
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Sholem Aleichem ranks 421 out of 7,302. Before him are Patrick Modiano, Ivar Aasen, Savitribai Phule, Heinrich Mann, John Keats, and Arion. After him are Lactantius, Constantine P. Cavafy, Seneca the Elder, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Nadine Gordimer, and Vladimir Vysotsky.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsPatrick Modiano
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 415
Ivar Aasen
1813 - 1896
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 416
Savitribai Phule
1831 - 1897
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 417
Heinrich Mann
1871 - 1950
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 418
John Keats
1795 - 1821
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 419
Arion
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 420
Sholem Aleichem
1859 - 1916
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 421
Lactantius
250 - 325
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 422
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863 - 1933
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 423
Seneca the Elder
54 BC - 39
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 424
Alejandro Jodorowsky
1929 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 425
Nadine Gordimer
1923 - 2014
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 426
Vladimir Vysotsky
1938 - 1980
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 427
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1859, Sholem Aleichem ranks 14. Before him are John Dewey, Svante Arrhenius, Alfred Dreyfus, Georges Seurat, Yuan Shikai, and Billy the Kid. After him are Verner von Heidenstam, Jean Jaurès, Alexandre Millerand, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Jerome K. Jerome, and Pierre Janet. Among people deceased in 1916, Sholem Aleichem ranks 15. Before him are Élie Metchnikoff, Franz Marc, Odilon Redon, Umberto Boccioni, Richard Dedekind, and Henry James. After him are Charles de Foucauld, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Otto of Bavaria, Natsume Sōseki, José Echegaray, and Karl Schwarzschild.
Others Born in 1859
Go to all RankingsJohn Dewey
PSYCHOLOGIST
1859 - 1952
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 8
Svante Arrhenius
CHEMIST
1859 - 1927
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 9
Alfred Dreyfus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1859 - 1935
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 10
Georges Seurat
PAINTER
1859 - 1891
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 11
Yuan Shikai
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 12
Billy the Kid
MAFIOSO
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 13
Sholem Aleichem
WRITER
1859 - 1916
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 14
Verner von Heidenstam
WRITER
1859 - 1940
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 15
Jean Jaurès
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1914
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 16
Alexandre Millerand
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1943
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 17
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1925
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 18
Jerome K. Jerome
WRITER
1859 - 1927
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 19
Pierre Janet
PSYCHOLOGIST
1859 - 1947
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 20
Others Deceased in 1916
Go to all RankingsÉlie Metchnikoff
BIOLOGIST
1845 - 1916
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 9
Franz Marc
PAINTER
1880 - 1916
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 10
Odilon Redon
PAINTER
1840 - 1916
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 11
Umberto Boccioni
PAINTER
1882 - 1916
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 12
Richard Dedekind
MATHEMATICIAN
1831 - 1916
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 13
Henry James
WRITER
1843 - 1916
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 14
Sholem Aleichem
WRITER
1859 - 1916
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 15
Charles de Foucauld
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1858 - 1916
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 16
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1848 - 1916
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 17
Otto of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1916
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 18
Natsume Sōseki
WRITER
1867 - 1916
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 19
José Echegaray
ENGINEER
1832 - 1916
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 20
Karl Schwarzschild
PHYSICIST
1873 - 1916
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 21
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Sholem Aleichem ranks 51 out of 1,365. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Simon Wiesenthal (1908), George Gamow (1904), Anne of Kiev (1025), Symon Petliura (1879), and Joseph Roth (1894). After him are Andrei Zhdanov (1896), Semyon Timoshenko (1895), Baal Shem Tov (1700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1939), and Vladimir II Monomakh (1053).
Others born in Ukraine
Go to all RankingsVladimir Horowitz
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1989
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 45
Simon Wiesenthal
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1908 - 2005
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 46
George Gamow
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1968
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 47
Anne of Kiev
COMPANION
1025 - 1075
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 48
Symon Petliura
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1926
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 49
Joseph Roth
WRITER
1894 - 1939
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 50
Sholem Aleichem
WRITER
1859 - 1916
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 51
Andrei Zhdanov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1948
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 52
Semyon Timoshenko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1970
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 53
Baal Shem Tov
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1700 - 1760
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 54
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1963
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 55
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
COACH
1939 - 2002
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 56
Vladimir II Monomakh
POLITICIAN
1053 - 1125
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 57
Among WRITERS In Ukraine
Among writers born in Ukraine, Sholem Aleichem ranks 10. Before him are Svetlana Alexievich (1948), Stanisław Lem (1921), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Anna Akhmatova (1889), Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), and Joseph Roth (1894). After him are Vasily Grossman (1905), Lesya Ukrainka (1871), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), Ilya Ehrenburg (1891), Isaac Babel (1894), and Bruno Schulz (1892).
Svetlana Alexievich
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 4
Stanisław Lem
1921 - 2006
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 5
Mikhail Bulgakov
1891 - 1940
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 6
Anna Akhmatova
1889 - 1966
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 7
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
1836 - 1895
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 8
Joseph Roth
1894 - 1939
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 9
Sholem Aleichem
1859 - 1916
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 10
Vasily Grossman
1905 - 1964
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 11
Lesya Ukrainka
1871 - 1913
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 12
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880 - 1940
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 13
Ilya Ehrenburg
1891 - 1967
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 14
Isaac Babel
1894 - 1940
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 15
Bruno Schulz
1892 - 1942
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 16