1890 - 1947
Victor Serge (French: [viktɔʁ sɛʁʒ]; December 30, 1890 – November 17, 1947), born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich (Russian: Ви́ктор Льво́вич Киба́льчич), was a Russian revolutionary Marxist, novelist, poet and historian. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks five months after arriving in Petrograd in January 1919 and later worked for the Comintern as a journalist, editor and translator. He was critical of the Stalinist regime and remained a revolutionary Marxist until his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Serge has received more than 335,293 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Victor Serge is the 1,286th most popular writer (up from 1,324th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 169th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Writer.
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Among writers, Victor Serge ranks 1,286 out of 5,755. Before him are Matthias Flacius, Émile Gaboriau, Jan Długosz, Ibn Sirin, Lycophron, and Hassan ibn Thabit. After him are Roland Topor, Shūsaku Endō, Juan Rulfo, Mavro Orbini, Antoine-Henri Jomini, and Robin Hobb.
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,280
1832 - 1873
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,281
1415 - 1480
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,282
653 - 729
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,283
320 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,284
554 - 674
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,285
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,286
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,287
1923 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,288
1917 - 1986
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,289
1563 - 1614
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,290
1779 - 1869
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 1,291
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 1,292
Among people born in 1890, Victor Serge ranks 54. Before him are Georgy Pyatakov, Grigory Kulik, Walter Krüger, Li Zongren, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Frank Martin. After him are Kurt Tucholsky, Moša Pijade, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Erich Kleiber, Norman Bethune, and Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 1947, Victor Serge ranks 54. Before him are Albert Marquet, Reynaldo Hahn, Dorothea Binz, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Franz Ritter von Epp, and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. After him are Slavko Kvaternik, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, William C. Durant, Franz Seldte, Gusztáv Jány, and Franz Xaver Schwarz.
1890 - 1937
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 48
1890 - 1950
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 49
1890 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 50
1890 - 1969
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 51
1890 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 52
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 53
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 54
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 55
1890 - 1957
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 56
1890 - 1946
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 57
1890 - 1956
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 58
1890 - 1939
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 59
1890 - 1966
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 60
1875 - 1947
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 48
1874 - 1947
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 49
1920 - 1947
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 50
1865 - 1947
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 51
1868 - 1947
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 52
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 53
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 54
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 55
1887 - 1947
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 56
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 57
1882 - 1947
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 58
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 59
1875 - 1947
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 60
Among people born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 168 out of 1,019. Before him are Pierre De Geyter (1848), Silvio Gesell (1862), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Bernard van Orley (1487), Laura Marx (1845), and Heinrich Isaac (1450). After him are Cipriano de Rore (1515), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), and Georges Rodenbach (1855).
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 162
1862 - 1930
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 163
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 164
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 165
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 166
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 167
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 168
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 169
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 170
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 171
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 172
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 173
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 174
Among writers born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 10. Before him are Julio Cortázar (1914), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Marguerite Porete (1250), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Henri Michaux (1899), and Laura Marx (1845). After him are Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Jean Bolland (1596), John of Ruusbroec (1293), and Michel de Ghelderode (1898).
1914 - 1984
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 4
1855 - 1916
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 5
1250 - 1310
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 6
1870 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 7
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 8
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 9
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 10
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 11
1929 - 2008
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 12
1522 - 1592
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 13
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 14
1293 - 1381
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 15
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 16