1900 - 1991
Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, novel writer, short story writer, children's book writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Heinesen has received more than 72,131 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. William Heinesen is the 1,471st most popular writer (down from 1,427th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Faroe Islands and the most popular Writer.
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Among writers, William Heinesen ranks 1,471 out of 5,755. Before him are Ba Jin, Wilhelm Weitling, Kuvempu, Chico Xavier, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Chiara Lubich. After him are Khaled al-Asaad, Kâtip Çelebi, Christine Nöstlinger, Ion Creangă, Jack Vance, and Ildefonsus.
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 1,465
1808 - 1871
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,466
1904 - 1994
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,467
1910 - 2002
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,468
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,469
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,470
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,471
1932 - 2015
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,472
1609 - 1657
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,473
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 1,474
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 1,475
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,476
607 - 667
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,477
Among people born in 1900, William Heinesen ranks 75. Before him are Filipp Golikov, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Jiro Miyake, Alfred Newman, Joseph Needham, and Wilhelm Rediess. After him are Helen Hayes, Eduardo De Filippo, Robert Desnos, Ernst Neufert, Jean Arthur, and Herbert Bayer. Among people deceased in 1991, William Heinesen ranks 63. Before him are Alfonso García Robles, Aladár Gerevich, Sergey Akhromeyev, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Boris Pugo, and Vilém Flusser. After him are Shapour Bakhtiar, Willi Boskovsky, Jean Arthur, Christian de Castries, Joachim Kroll, and Brad Davis.
1900 - 1980
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 69
1900 - 1988
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 70
1900 - 1984
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 71
1900 - 1970
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 72
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 73
1900 - 1945
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 74
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 75
1900 - 1993
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 76
1900 - 1984
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 77
1900 - 1945
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 78
1900 - 1986
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 79
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 80
1900 - 1985
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 81
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 57
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 58
1923 - 1991
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 59
1914 - 1991
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 60
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 61
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 62
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 63
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 64
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 65
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 66
1902 - 1991
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 67
1933 - 1991
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 68
1949 - 1991
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 69
Among people born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 2 out of 25. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860). After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Ruth Smith (1913), Heðin Brú (1901), Christian Matras (1900), Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951), Marita Petersen (1940), Rói Patursson (1947), and Eivør Pálsdóttir (1983).
1860 - 1904
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 1
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 2
1819 - 1909
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 3
1872 - 1942
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 4
1900 - 1938
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 5
1913 - 1958
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 6
1901 - 1987
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 7
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 9
1940 - 2001
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Faroe Islands, William Heinesen ranks 1. After him are Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819), Símun av Skarði (1872), Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900), Heðin Brú (1901), Christian Matras (1900), Rói Patursson (1947), and Jakob Jakobsen (1864).
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1
1819 - 1909
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2
1872 - 1942
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 3
1900 - 1938
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 4
1901 - 1987
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 5
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 7
1864 - 1918
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 8