Writer
Václav Havel
1936 - 2011
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Václav Havel
His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 106 in 2024). Václav Havel is the 113th most popular writer (down from 76th in 2024), the 14th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Writer.
Václav Havel was a Czechoslovakian playwright, dissident, and politician who is most famous for his role in the Velvet Revolution of 1989.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Václav Havel ranks 113 out of 7,302. Before him are Knut Hamsun, W. Somerset Maugham, Stephen King, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Marquis de Sade, and José Saramago. After him are Anatole France, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, André Gide, Theodor Herzl, Hafez, and Rainer Maria Rilke.
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Knut Hamsun
1859 - 1952
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 107
W. Somerset Maugham
1874 - 1965
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 108
Stephen King
1947 - Present
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 109
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1918 - 2008
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 110
Marquis de Sade
1740 - 1814
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 111
José Saramago
1922 - 2010
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 112
Václav Havel
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 113
Anatole France
1844 - 1924
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 114
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
1832 - 1910
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 115
André Gide
1869 - 1951
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 116
Theodor Herzl
1860 - 1904
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 117
Hafez
1325 - 1389
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 118
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 119
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1936, Václav Havel ranks 3. Before him are Pope Francis, and Silvio Berlusconi. After him are Sepp Blatter, Mario Vargas Llosa, Yves Saint Laurent, Robert Redford, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Barry Barish, Amancio Ortega, Mikhail Tal, and Ismail Kadare. Among people deceased in 2011, Václav Havel ranks 5. Before him are Steve Jobs, Kim Jong-il, Muammar Gaddafi, and Wangari Maathai. After him are Elizabeth Taylor, Osama bin Laden, Otto von Habsburg, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Cesária Évora, Peter Falk, and Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Others Born in 1936
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Pope Francis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1936 - 2025
HPI: 97.04
Rank: 1
Silvio Berlusconi
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2023
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 2
Václav Havel
WRITER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 3
Sepp Blatter
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 4
Mario Vargas Llosa
WRITER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 5
Yves Saint Laurent
FASHION DESIGNER
1936 - 2008
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 6
Robert Redford
ACTOR
1936 - 2025
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 7
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2019
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Barry Barish
PHYSICIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 9
Amancio Ortega
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 10
Mikhail Tal
CHESS PLAYER
1936 - 1992
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 11
Ismail Kadare
WRITER
1936 - 2024
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 2011
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Steve Jobs
DESIGNER
1955 - 2011
HPI: 88.84
Rank: 1
Kim Jong-il
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2011
HPI: 87.59
Rank: 2
Muammar Gaddafi
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 3
Wangari Maathai
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2011
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 4
Václav Havel
WRITER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 5
Elizabeth Taylor
ACTOR
1932 - 2011
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 6
Osama bin Laden
EXTREMIST
1957 - 2011
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 7
Otto von Habsburg
NOBLEMAN
1912 - 2011
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 8
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2011
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 9
Cesária Évora
SINGER
1941 - 2011
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 10
Peter Falk
ACTOR
1927 - 2011
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 11
Burhanuddin Rabbani
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2011
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 12
In Czechia
Among people born in Czechia, Václav Havel ranks 14 out of NaN. Before him are John Amos Comenius (1592), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Milan Kundera (1929), Oskar Schindler (1908), and Alphonse Mucha (1860). After him are Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Kurt Gödel (1906), and Wilhelm Steinitz (1836).
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John Amos Comenius
PHILOSOPHER
1592 - 1670
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 8
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1316 - 1378
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 9
Bedřich Smetana
COMPOSER
1824 - 1884
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 10
Milan Kundera
WRITER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 11
Oskar Schindler
BUSINESSPERSON
1908 - 1974
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 12
Alphonse Mucha
PAINTER
1860 - 1939
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 13
Václav Havel
WRITER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 14
Rainer Maria Rilke
WRITER
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 15
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 16
Jan Žižka
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1360 - 1424
HPI: 80.33
Rank: 17
Bertha von Suttner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 18
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 19
Wilhelm Steinitz
CHESS PLAYER
1836 - 1900
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 20
Among Writers In Czechia
Among writers born in Czechia, Václav Havel ranks 3. Before him are Franz Kafka (1883), and Milan Kundera (1929). After him are Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Franz Werfel (1890), Karl Kraus (1874), and Jaroslav Seifert (1901).
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 1
Milan Kundera
1929 - 2023
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 2
Václav Havel
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 3
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 4
Karel Čapek
1890 - 1938
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 5
Jaroslav Hašek
1883 - 1923
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 6
Max Brod
1884 - 1968
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 7
Milena Jesenská
1896 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 8
Bohumil Hrabal
1914 - 1997
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 9
Franz Werfel
1890 - 1945
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 10
Karl Kraus
1874 - 1936
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 11
Jaroslav Seifert
1901 - 1986
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 12
