1927 - 1989
Thorkild Hansen (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist most noted for his historical fiction. He is popularly known for his trilogy of novels about the Danish slave trade which is composed of Coast of Slaves (1967), Ships of Slaves (1968), and Islands of Slaves (1970; for which he received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1971). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thorkild Hansen has received more than 36,378 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thorkild Hansen is the 4,300th most popular writer (down from 3,421st in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 340th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Danish Writer.
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Among writers, Thorkild Hansen ranks 4,300 out of 5,755. Before him are Gleb Uspensky, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Thomas Middleton, Sidney Howard, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, and Tommaso Landolfi. After him are Ahmet Mithat, Carolina Coronado, Olga Orozco, Stephen Baxter, Ki no Tomonori, and Panyassis.
1843 - 1902
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 4,294
1621 - 1693
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 4,295
1580 - 1627
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 4,296
1891 - 1939
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 4,297
1709 - 1777
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 4,298
1908 - 1979
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 4,299
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 4,300
1844 - 1912
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 4,301
1820 - 1911
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 4,302
1920 - 1999
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 4,303
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 4,304
850 - 904
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 4,305
500 BC - 454 BC
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 4,306
Among people born in 1927, Thorkild Hansen ranks 272. Before him are Laura Cardoso, Pasqualino De Santis, L. K. Advani, Pierre Aubert, Cesar Chavez, and Joachim Fuchsberger. After him are Arthur Cohn, Alex Katz, Joan Feynman, Estelle Parsons, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Tore Svensson. Among people deceased in 1989, Thorkild Hansen ranks 183. Before him are Roy Eldridge, Manuel Rosas, Yannis Tsarouchis, Don Revie, Anton Diffring, and Luiz Luz. After him are George Robledo, Antonio Janigro, Yasuji Miyazaki, Mark Krein, Chico Landi, and Frank Foss.
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 266
1927 - 1996
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 267
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 268
1927 - 2016
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 269
1927 - 1993
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 270
1927 - 2014
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 271
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 272
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 273
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 274
1927 - 2020
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 275
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 276
1927 - 2005
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 277
1927 - 2002
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 278
1911 - 1989
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 177
1912 - 1989
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 178
1910 - 1989
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 179
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 180
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 181
1909 - 1989
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 182
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 183
1926 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 184
1918 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 185
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 186
1907 - 1989
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 187
1907 - 1989
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 188
1895 - 1989
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 189
Among people born in Denmark, Thorkild Hansen ranks 419 out of 893. Before him are Jacob Ellehammer (1871), Jens Galschiøt (1954), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Ellen Osiier (1890), Niels Neergaard (1854), and Wilhelm Bendz (1804). After him are Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Anders Hejlsberg (1960), Bodil Joensen (1944), and Peter Arnold Heise (1830).
1871 - 1946
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 413
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 414
1737 - 1827
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 415
1890 - 1962
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 416
1854 - 1936
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 417
1804 - 1832
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 418
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 419
1804 - 1886
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 420
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 421
1899 - 1967
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 422
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 423
1944 - 1985
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 424
1830 - 1879
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 425
Among writers born in Denmark, Thorkild Hansen ranks 36. Before him are Cecil Bødker (1927), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Ari Behn (1972), and Steen Steensen Blicher (1782). After him are Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Villy Sørensen (1929), Benny Andersen (1929), Carsten Jensen (1952), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), and Henrik Nordbrandt (1945).
1927 - 2020
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 30
1791 - 1860
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 31
1872 - 1907
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 32
1758 - 1841
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 33
1972 - 2019
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 34
1782 - 1848
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 35
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 36
1931 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 37
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 38
1929 - 2018
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 39
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 40
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 41
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 42