1787 - 1864
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Стефановић Караџић, pronounced [ʋûːk stefǎːnoʋitɕ kâradʒitɕ]; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS) – 7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language. For his collection and preservation of Serbian folktales, Encyclopædia Britannica labelled him "the father of Serbian folk-literature scholarship." He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary in the new reformed language. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vuk Karadžić has received more than 275,690 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Vuk Karadžić is the 590th most popular writer (down from 409th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Writer.
Vuk Karadžić is best known for his dictionary and grammar books.
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Among writers, Vuk Karadžić ranks 590 out of 5,794. Before him are Oliver Sacks, Denis of Portugal, Eugene O'Neill, Aulus Gellius, Demetrius Vikelas, and Alexander Herzen. After him are Mihai Eminescu, Anthony Burgess, Dino Buzzati, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, France Prešeren, and August Wilhelm Schlegel.
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 584
1261 - 1325
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 585
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 586
123 - 180
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 587
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 588
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 589
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 590
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 591
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 592
1906 - 1972
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 593
1741 - 1803
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 594
1800 - 1849
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 595
1767 - 1845
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 596
Among people born in 1787, Vuk Karadžić ranks 5. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Shaka, and François Guizot. After him are Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Rasmus Rask, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. Among people deceased in 1864, Vuk Karadžić ranks 6. Before him are George Boole, Ferdinand Lassalle, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Maximilian II of Bavaria. After him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Hong Xiuquan, Cheoljong of Joseon, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Leo von Klenze, and William I of Württemberg.
1787 - 1851
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 1
1787 - 1826
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 2
1787 - 1828
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 3
1787 - 1874
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 4
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 5
1787 - 1869
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 6
1787 - 1816
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 7
1787 - 1832
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 8
1787 - 1862
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 9
1787 - 1869
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 10
1787 - 1863
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 11
1787 - 1875
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 12
1815 - 1864
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 1
1825 - 1864
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 2
1791 - 1864
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 3
1804 - 1864
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 4
1811 - 1864
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 5
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 6
1799 - 1864
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 7
1814 - 1864
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 8
1831 - 1864
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 9
1793 - 1864
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 10
1784 - 1864
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 11
1781 - 1864
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 12
Among people born in Serbia, Vuk Karadžić ranks 27 out of 469. Before him are Draža Mihailović (1893), Karađorđe (1768), Mátyás Rákosi (1892), Marina Abramović (1946), Josip Jelačić (1801), and Stefan Lazarević (1374). After him are Novak Djokovic (1987), Maximinus II (270), Hostilian (230), Alboin (530), Krum (710), and Radomir Antić (1948).
1893 - 1946
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 21
1768 - 1817
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 22
1892 - 1971
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 23
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 24
1801 - 1859
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 25
1374 - 1427
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 26
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 27
1987 - Present
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 28
270 - 313
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 29
230 - 251
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 30
530 - 572
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 31
710 - 814
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 32
1948 - 2020
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 33
Among writers born in Serbia, Vuk Karadžić ranks 1. After him are Milorad Pavić (1929), Danilo Kiš (1935), Branislav Nušić (1864), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Radoje Domanović (1873), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Vasko Popa (1922), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Isidora Sekulić (1877), and Đura Jakšić (1832).
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 1
1929 - 2009
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 2
1935 - 1989
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 3
1864 - 1938
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 4
1921 - 2014
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 5
1898 - 1993
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 6
1873 - 1908
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 7
1833 - 1904
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 8
1922 - 1991
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 9
1885 - 1936
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 10
1877 - 1958
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1832 - 1878
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 12