1352 - 1448
Vidyapati (c. 1352 – 1448), also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and royal priest. He was a devotee of Shiva, but also wrote love songs and devotional Vaishnava songs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vidyapati has received more than 377,566 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Vidyapati is the 1,086th most popular writer (up from 1,387th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from India (up from 138th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Vidyapati ranks 1,086 out of 5,755. Before him are Roberto Bolaño, Nora Roberts, Rosamunde Pilcher, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Patrick White. After him are Joost van den Vondel, Radegund, Henri Michaux, Allan Pinkerton, Mimnermus, and Jean Giraudoux.
1953 - 2003
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,080
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,081
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,082
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,083
1867 - 1928
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 1,084
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 1,085
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 1,086
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 1,087
518 - 587
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,088
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,089
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 1,090
670 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 1,091
1882 - 1944
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,092
Among people born in 1352, Vidyapati ranks 3. Before him are Vytautas and Rupert, King of Germany. After him are Edigu, Viridis Visconti, and Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. Among people deceased in 1448, Vidyapati ranks 3. Before him are John VIII Palaiologos and Christopher of Bavaria. After him are Theodore II Palaiologos, Carlo II Tocco, and Vasily Kosoy.
1352 - 1430
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 1
1352 - 1410
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 2
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 3
1352 - 1419
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 4
1352 - 1414
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 5
1352 - 1426
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 6
1392 - 1448
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 1
1416 - 1448
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 2
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 3
1396 - 1448
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 4
1450 - 1448
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 5
1421 - 1448
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 6
Among people born in India, Vidyapati ranks 128 out of 1,493. Before him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Buddhaghosa (401), and Mangal Pandey (1827). After him are Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Anthony de Mello (1931), and Mamnoon Hussain (1940).
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 122
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 123
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 124
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 125
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 126
1827 - 1857
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 127
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 128
1621 - 1675
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 129
1551 - 1602
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 130
1824 - 1883
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 131
1159 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 132
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 133
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 134
Among writers born in India, Vidyapati ranks 24. Before him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Namdev (1270), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Bharata Muni (-1000), and Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899). After him are Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Subramania Bharati (1882), and Anna Leonowens (1831).
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 18
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 19
1270 - 1350
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 20
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 21
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 22
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 23
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 24
1551 - 1602
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 25
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 26
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 27
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 28
1882 - 1921
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 29
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 30