WRITER

Sándor Petőfi

1823 - 1849

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Sándor Petőfi (Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈpɛtøːfi] []; né Petrovics; Slovak: Alexander Petrovič; Serbian: Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the Nemzeti dal (National Song), which is said to have inspired the revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary that grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Petőfi has received more than 421,108 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Sándor Petőfi is the 395th most popular writer (up from 564th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 57th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Sándor Petőfi is most famous for writing the Hungarian national anthem.

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sándor Petőfi ranks 395 out of 7,302. Before him are Attar of Nishapur, Alice Munro, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Sándor Márai, Ali-Shir Nava'i, and Ghalib. After him are Erich von Däniken, O. Henry, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Chandler, Pietro Aretino, and Ismail Kadare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Sándor Petőfi ranks 7. Before him are Abdulmejid I, Phineas Gage, Max Müller, Alfred Russel Wallace, Gyula Andrássy, and Ernest Renan. After him are Leopold Kronecker, Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, Jean-Henri Fabre, Li Hongzhang, and John Sherman. Among people deceased in 1849, Sándor Petőfi ranks 10. Before him are Hokusai, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Johann Strauss I, Anne Brontë, William II of the Netherlands, and France Prešeren. After him are Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Charles Albert of Sardinia, Şehzade Abdullah, Heonjong of Joseon, Juliette Récamier, and Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Petőfi ranks 42 out of 1,077. Before him are Leo Szilard (1898), László Bíró (1899), Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), Sándor Kocsis (1929), Dennis Gabor (1900), and Sándor Márai (1900). After him are Zoltán Kodály (1882), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), László Kubala (1927), Imre Lakatos (1922), and Flórián Albert (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Sándor Petőfi ranks 4. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), and Sándor Márai (1900). After him are Ágota Kristóf (1935), Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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