1920 - 2010
Zecharia Sitchin (July 11, 1920 – October 9, 2010) was an author of a number of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. Sitchin attributed the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Anunnaki, which he stated was a race of extraterrestrials from a planet beyond Neptune called Nibiru. He asserted that Sumerian mythology suggests that this hypothetical planet of Nibiru is in an elongated, 3,600-year-long elliptical orbit around the Sun. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zecharia Sitchin has received more than 1,903,826 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Zecharia Sitchin is the 419th most popular writer (up from 485th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Azerbaijani Writer.
Zecharia Sitchin is most famous for his book "The 12th Planet" in which he argues that the earth was visited by an extraterrestrial race called the Anunnaki, and that they genetically engineered humans to be their slaves.
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Among writers, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 419 out of 5,755. Before him are Lactantius, Alphonse de Lamartine, Julio Cortázar, Tibullus, Karl Barth, and Joseph Brodsky. After him are George Eliot, Elena Ferrante, G. K. Chesterton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jami, and Phaedrus.
250 - 325
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 413
1790 - 1869
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 414
1914 - 1984
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 415
50 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 416
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 417
1940 - 1996
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 418
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 419
1819 - 1880
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 420
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 421
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 422
1828 - 1882
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 423
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 424
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 425
Among people born in 1920, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 18. Before him are Mario Puzo, Paul Celan, Charlie Parker, Éric Rohmer, Melina Mercouri, and Gianni Rodari. After him are Amália Rodrigues, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Traudl Junge, Montgomery Clift, Boris Vian, and Owen Chamberlain. Among people deceased in 2010, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 10. Before him are Ronnie James Dio, Tony Curtis, Lech Kaczyński, Gloria Stuart, Éric Rohmer, and Benoit Mandelbrot. After him are Juan Antonio Samaranch, Claude Chabrol, Dennis Hopper, Bobby Farrell, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, and Gennady Yanayev.
1920 - 1999
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 12
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 13
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 14
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 15
1920 - 1994
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 16
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 17
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 20
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 21
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 22
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 24
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 4
1925 - 2010
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 5
1949 - 2010
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 6
1910 - 2010
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 7
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 8
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 9
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 10
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 11
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 12
1936 - 2010
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 13
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 14
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 15
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 16
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 6 out of 189. Before him are Heydar Aliyev (1923), Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Richard Sorge (1895), Lev Landau (1908), and Ilham Aliyev (1961). After him are Arghun (1250), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), and Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921).
1923 - 2003
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 1
1141 - 1209
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 2
1895 - 1944
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 3
1908 - 1968
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 5
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 6
1250 - 1291
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 8
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 9
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 10
1901 - 1932
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 11
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 2. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141). After him are Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), Banine (1905), Samad Vurgun (1906), Molla Panah Vagif (1717), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 1
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 2
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 3
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 4
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 5
1905 - 1992
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 6
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 8
1794 - 1852
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1089 - 1181
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 10
1869 - 1932
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 11
1925 - 2009
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 12