WRITER

Sima Tan

165 BC - 110 BC

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Sima Tan (traditional Chinese: 司馬談; simplified Chinese: 司马谈; pinyin: Sīmǎ Tán; Wade–Giles: Ssu-ma T'an; c. 165–110 BCE) was a Chinese astrologist, astronomer, and historian during the Western Han dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sima Tan has received more than 96,875 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sima Tan is the 2,609th most popular writer (up from 3,326th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from China (up from 728th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sima Tan ranks 2,609 out of 7,302. Before him are Ubayd Zakani, Géza Gárdonyi, Paschasius Radbertus, Banana Yoshimoto, Tobias Smollett, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal. After him are Josef Jungmann, Gertrud von Le Fort, Georg Herwegh, Ivan Mažuranić, Mihail Sadoveanu, and Varro Atacinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 165 BC, Sima Tan ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 110 BC, Sima Tan ranks 5. Before him are Apollodorus of Athens, Panaetius, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, and Clitomachus.

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    Sima Tan

    WRITER

    165 BC - 110 BC

    HPI: 60.42

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Sima Tan ranks 668 out of 1,610. Before him are Liu Yuxi (772), Huang Tingjian (1045), Cheng Hao (1032), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Fritz-Julius Lemp (1913), and Ho Feng-Shan (1901). After him are Hu Zhengyan (1584), Tian Han (1898), Salchak Toka (1901), Li Cheng (919), Mang of Xia (null), and Liu Zhiyuan (895).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Sima Tan ranks 67. Before him are Zhou Daguan (1266), Ai Qing (1910), Guan Hanqing (1210), Yuan Mei (1716), Xu Zhimo (1897), and Jung Chang (1952). After him are Tian Han (1898), Lu Ji (261), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Tang Xianzu (1550), Song Yingxing (1587), and Gu Yanwu (1613).

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