1605 - 1659
Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Dach has received more than 57,032 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Dach is the 1,915th most popular writer (down from 1,806th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Lithuanian Writer.
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Among writers, Simon Dach ranks 1,915 out of 5,794. Before him are Nicolás Guillén, Julien Gracq, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Telesilla, William of Moerbeke, and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti. After him are Didymus Chalcenterus, Cesare Zavattini, Yoshida Kenkō, Hermann Bahr, Dubravka Ugrešić, and Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
1902 - 1989
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 1,909
1910 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1,910
1535 - 1615
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1,911
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1,912
1215 - 1286
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1,913
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 1,914
1605 - 1659
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1,915
63 BC - 10
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1,916
1902 - 1989
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 1,917
1283 - 1350
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 1,918
1863 - 1934
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,919
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,920
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,921
Among people born in 1605, Simon Dach ranks 11. Before him are Fatma Sultan, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Semyon Dezhnev, Thomas Browne, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, and George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Antonio Bertali, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, and Ismaël Bullialdus. Among people deceased in 1659, Simon Dach ranks 5. Before him are Abel Tasman, Hyojong of Joseon, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Kaya Sultan. After him are Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Michał Boym, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Dara Shukoh, and Willem Drost.
1605 - 1667
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 5
1605 - 1681
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 6
1605 - 1673
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 7
1605 - 1682
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 8
1605 - 1627
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 9
1605 - 1661
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 10
1605 - 1659
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 11
1605 - 1689
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 12
1605 - 1669
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 13
1605 - 1675
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 14
1605 - 1694
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 15
1603 - 1659
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 1
1619 - 1659
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 2
1597 - 1659
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 3
1633 - 1659
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 4
1605 - 1659
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 5
1586 - 1659
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 6
1614 - 1659
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 7
1601 - 1659
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 8
1615 - 1659
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 9
1633 - 1659
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 10
Among people born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 50 out of 235. Before him are Boris Skossyreff (1896), Birutė (1317), Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943), Laurence Harvey (1928), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), and Uljana Semjonova (1952). After him are Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), George Maciunas (1931), Gitanas Nausėda (1964), Arvydas Sabonis (1964), Bernard Berenson (1865), and Jonas Basanavičius (1851).
1896 - 1989
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 44
1317 - 1382
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 45
1943 - 1992
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 46
1928 - 1973
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 47
1883 - 1942
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 48
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 49
1605 - 1659
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 50
1775 - 1833
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 51
1931 - 1978
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 52
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 53
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 54
1865 - 1959
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 55
1851 - 1927
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 56
Among writers born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 5. Before him are Romain Gary (1914), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), and Jonas Mekas (1922). After him are Hermann Sudermann (1857), Vincas Kudirka (1858), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Tomas Venclova (1937), Vydūnas (1868), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), and Antanas Baranauskas (1835).
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 1
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 2
1904 - 1936
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 3
1922 - 2019
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4
1605 - 1659
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 5
1857 - 1928
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 6
1858 - 1899
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 9
1868 - 1953
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 10
1840 - 1900
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 12