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 64,458 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Simon Dach is the 2,322nd most popular writer (down from 1,914th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 50th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lithuanian Writer.
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Among writers, Simon Dach ranks 2,322 out of 5,755. Before him are Rudolf Rocker, Michael Choniates, Eduard Uspensky, Neil Postman, Orderic Vitalis, and Ueda Akinari. After him are Mahsati, Johann Nestroy, Li Shangyin, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Terentianus, and Jacob Cats.
1873 - 1958
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,316
1140 - 1222
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,317
1937 - 2018
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,318
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,319
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,320
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,321
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,322
1089 - 1181
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,323
1801 - 1862
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,324
813 - 858
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,325
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,326
150 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,327
1577 - 1660
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,328
Among people born in 1605, Simon Dach ranks 15. Before him are Ayşe Sultan, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Semyon Dezhnev, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Thomas Browne, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. After him are Zhu Yuyue, Antonio Bertali, Ismaël Bullialdus, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson. Among people deceased in 1659, Simon Dach ranks 7. Before him are Abel Tasman, Hyojong of Joseon, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, and Michał Boym. After him are Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Willem Drost, Dara Shukoh, and Giovanni Pesaro.
1605 - 1660
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 9
1605 - 1627
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 10
1605 - 1673
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 11
1605 - 1661
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 12
1605 - 1682
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 13
1605 - 1689
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 14
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 15
1605 - 1647
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 16
1605 - 1669
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 17
1605 - 1694
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 18
1605 - 1675
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 19
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 1
1619 - 1659
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 2
1633 - 1659
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 3
1597 - 1659
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 4
1586 - 1659
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 5
1614 - 1659
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 6
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 7
1601 - 1659
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 8
1594 - 1659
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9
1633 - 1659
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 10
1615 - 1659
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 11
1589 - 1659
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 12
Among people born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 59 out of 287. Before him are Antanas Merkys (1887), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Hermann Sudermann (1857), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), Laurence Harvey (1928), and Clara Rockmore (1911). After him are Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (1883), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), Donatas Banionis (1924), Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930), George Maciunas (1931), and Daumantas of Pskov (1240).
1887 - 1955
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 53
1775 - 1833
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 54
1857 - 1928
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 55
1851 - 1927
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 56
1928 - 1973
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 57
1911 - 1998
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 58
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 59
1883 - 1940
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 60
1900 - 1988
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 61
1924 - 2014
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 62
1930 - 2021
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 63
1931 - 1978
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 64
1240 - 1299
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 65
Among writers born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 6. Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), Romain Gary (1914), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Jonas Mekas (1922), and Hermann Sudermann (1857). After him are Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Tomas Venclova (1937), Vydūnas (1868), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Žemaitė (1845), and Antanas Baranauskas (1835).
1911 - 2004
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 1
1914 - 1980
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 2
1904 - 1936
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 3
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 4
1857 - 1928
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 5
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 6
1892 - 1938
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 7
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 8
1868 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 9
1840 - 1900
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 10
1845 - 1921
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 12