1897 - 1931
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [ʑi tsɿ mu], Mandarin: [ɕy̌ ʈʂî mwǒ], 15 January 1897 – 19 November 1931) was a Chinese romantic poet and writer of modern Chinese poetry who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under the influences of Western poetry and the vernacular Chinese language. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xu Zhimo has received more than 296,123 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Xu Zhimo is the 2,570th most popular writer (up from 2,746th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from China (down from 611th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Xu Zhimo ranks 2,570 out of 5,755. Before him are William Ernest Henley, Nodar Dumbadze, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, FM-2030, Uladzimir Karatkievich, and Harold Robbins. After him are Polemon I of Pontus, Cornelis de Bruijn, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Benjamin Fondane, Abu-l-'Atahiya, and Horace McCoy.
1849 - 1903
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 2,564
1928 - 1984
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 2,565
1794 - 1847
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 2,566
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 2,567
1930 - 1984
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 2,568
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 2,569
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2,570
65 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2,571
1652 - 1727
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2,572
1937 - 1987
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,573
1898 - 1944
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,574
748 - 826
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,575
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 2,576
Among people born in 1897, Xu Zhimo ranks 134. Before him are August Heissmeyer, Tan Malaka, Gaspar Cassadó, Ram Prasad Bismil, Edith Head, and Marian Anderson. After him are Horace McCoy, Traicho Kostov, Lazare Ponticelli, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, John Bagot Glubb, and Natacha Rambova. Among people deceased in 1931, Xu Zhimo ranks 65. Before him are Nicolae Paulescu, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Felix Blumenfeld, Gustaf Kossinna, and Osachi Hamaguchi. After him are Jean-Louis Forain, Arnold Bennett, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Rachel Bluwstein, Henri Mathias Berthelot, and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke.
1897 - 1979
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 128
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 129
1897 - 1966
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 130
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 131
1897 - 1981
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 132
1897 - 1993
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 133
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 134
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 135
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 136
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 137
1897 - 1960
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 138
1897 - 1986
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 139
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 140
1869 - 1931
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 59
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 60
1865 - 1931
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 61
1863 - 1931
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 62
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 63
1870 - 1931
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 64
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 65
1852 - 1931
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 66
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 67
1854 - 1931
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 68
1890 - 1931
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 69
1861 - 1931
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 70
1847 - 1931
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 71
Among people born in China, Xu Zhimo ranks 628 out of 1,392. Before him are Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Bo Yibo (1908), Yuan Zhen (779), Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Zao Wou-Ki (1920), and Hu Hanmin (1879). After him are Thonmi Sambhota (618), Guan Hanqing (1210), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), He Long (1896), Hai Rui (1514), and Jiong of Xia (null).
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 622
1908 - 2007
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 623
779 - 831
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 624
1901 - 1965
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 625
1920 - 2013
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 626
1879 - 1936
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 627
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 628
618 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 629
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 630
1594 - 1651
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 631
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 632
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 633
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 634
Among writers born in China, Xu Zhimo ranks 62. Before him are Consort Ban (-48), Tian Han (1898), Jung Chang (1952), Han Suyin (1917), Lu Ji (261), and Yuan Zhen (779). After him are Guan Hanqing (1210), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tang Xianzu (1550), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Yuan Mei (1716), and François Cheng (1929).
48 BC - 6 BC
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 56
1898 - 1968
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 57
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 58
1917 - 2012
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 59
261 - 303
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 60
779 - 831
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 61
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 62
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 63
1266 - 1346
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 64
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 65
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 66
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 67
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 68