1927 - 2014
Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; Persian: سیمین بهبهانی; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist and activist. She is known for her poems in a ghazal-style of poetic form. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simin Behbahani has received more than 102,470 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Simin Behbahani is the 3,539th most popular writer (down from 3,222nd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Iran (down from 256th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Iranian Writer.
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Among writers, Simin Behbahani ranks 3,539 out of 5,755. Before her are Johannes Bobrowski, Christopher Hampton, Zora Neale Hurston, Zenta Mauriņa, René Huyghe, and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. After her are Lina Sandell, Oskar Luts, Sarah Kirsch, Ralph Ellison, Marcin Bielski, and Ayşe Kulin.
1917 - 1965
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 3,533
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 3,534
1891 - 1960
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 3,535
1897 - 1978
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 3,536
1906 - 1997
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 3,537
1923 - 1969
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 3,538
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,539
1832 - 1903
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,540
1887 - 1953
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,541
1935 - 2013
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,542
1914 - 1994
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 3,543
1495 - 1575
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 3,544
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 3,545
Among people born in 1927, Simin Behbahani ranks 204. Before her are Rachel Roberts, Odvar Nordli, Michael Gielen, Franco Maria Malfatti, Adhemar da Silva, and Herbert Ross. After her are Roger Carel, Gerard K. O'Neill, Werner Liebrich, Theodor Wagner, Charles Pasqua, and Hamed Karoui. Among people deceased in 2014, Simin Behbahani ranks 189. Before her are Marco Cé, Jaime Lusinchi, Daniel Boulanger, William R. Pogue, James R. Schlesinger, and The Ultimate Warrior. After her are Valentin Mankin, José Wilker, José Policarpo, Jimi Jamison, Harun Farocki, and Carlos Páez Vilaró.
1927 - 1980
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 198
1927 - 2018
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 199
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 200
1927 - 1991
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 201
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 202
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 203
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 204
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 205
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 206
1927 - 1995
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 207
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 208
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 209
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 210
1925 - 2014
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 183
1924 - 2014
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 184
1922 - 2014
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 185
1930 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 186
1929 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 187
1959 - 2014
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 188
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 189
1938 - 2014
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 190
1944 - 2014
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 191
1936 - 2014
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 192
1951 - 2014
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 193
1944 - 2014
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 194
1923 - 2014
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 195
Among people born in Iran, Simin Behbahani ranks 290 out of 528. Before her are Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Mardavij (890), Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi (1935), Anousheh Ansari (1966), and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923). After her are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Jafar Khan (1800), Timur Shah Durrani (1748), Kamal-ol-molk (1848), Shaun Toub (1963), and Abbas (1944).
1800 - 1782
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 284
1906 - 1986
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 285
890 - 935
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 286
1935 - 2021
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 287
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 288
1923 - 1969
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 289
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 290
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 291
1800 - 1789
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 292
1748 - 1793
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 293
1848 - 1940
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 294
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 295
1944 - 2018
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 296
Among writers born in Iran, Simin Behbahani ranks 42. Before her are Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Anvari (1126), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923). After her are Simin Daneshvar (1921), Kader Abdolah (1954), Iraj Mirza (1874), Bahram Beyzai (1938), Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892), and Bozorg Alavi (1904).
1831 - 1912
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 36
1886 - 1951
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 37
995 - 1077
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 38
1126 - 1190
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 39
1805 - 1848
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 40
1923 - 1969
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 41
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 42
1921 - 2012
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 43
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 44
1874 - 1926
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 45
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 46
1892 - 1997
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 47
1904 - 1997
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 48