1920 - 2010
Zecharia Sitchin (July 11, 1920 – October 9, 2010) was an author 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 1,245,758 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Zecharia Sitchin is the 485th most popular writer (up from 494th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 485 out of 5,794. Before him are Anaïs Nin, Enheduanna, Saul Bellow, Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, and Athenaeus. After him are Sidney Sheldon, Boris Vian, Mary Higgins Clark, Erich Kästner, Jean Paul, and Washington Irving.
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 479
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 480
1915 - 2005
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 481
1709 - 1784
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 482
1713 - 1768
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 483
200 - 223
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 484
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 485
1917 - 2007
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 486
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 487
1927 - 2020
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 488
1899 - 1974
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 489
1763 - 1825
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 490
1783 - 1859
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 491
Among people born in 1920, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 19. Before him are Charlie Parker, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Montgomery Clift, Éric Rohmer, Gianni Rodari, and Traudl Junge. After him are Boris Vian, Frank Herbert, Melina Mercouri, Amália Rodrigues, John Demjanjuk, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Among people deceased in 2010, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 13. Before him are Juan Antonio Samaranch, Éric Rohmer, Dennis Hopper, Benoit Mandelbrot, Lech Kaczyński, and Claude Chabrol. After him are Bobby Farrell, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Alois Brunner, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Vasily Smyslov, and Georges Charpak.
1920 - 1955
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 13
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 14
1920 - 1966
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 15
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 16
1920 - 1980
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 17
1920 - 2002
HPI: 75.33
Rank: 18
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 19
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 20
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 21
1920 - 1994
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 22
1920 - 1999
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 23
1920 - 2012
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 24
1920 - 1975
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 25
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 7
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 8
1936 - 2010
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 9
1924 - 2010
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 10
1949 - 2010
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 11
1930 - 2010
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 12
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 13
1949 - 2010
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 14
1916 - 2010
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 15
1912 - 2010
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 16
1941 - 2010
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 17
1921 - 2010
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 18
1924 - 2010
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 19
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 7 out of 159. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Richard Sorge (1895), Heydar Aliyev (1923), Lev Landau (1908), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), and Imadaddin Nasimi (1369). After him are Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), and Abulfaz Elchibey (1938).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 1
1895 - 1944
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 2
1923 - 2003
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 3
1908 - 1968
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 4
1927 - 2007
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 5
1369 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 6
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1250 - 1291
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 10
1901 - 1932
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 11
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 12
1938 - 2000
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 13
Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Zecharia Sitchin ranks 3. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141) and Imadaddin Nasimi (1369). After him are Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), Mahsati (1089), Samad Vurgun (1906), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Banine (1905), Mirza Khazar (1947), and Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 1
1369 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 2
1920 - 2010
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 3
1812 - 1878
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 4
1126 - 1199
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 5
1089 - 1181
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 6
1906 - 1956
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 7
1794 - 1852
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 8
1869 - 1932
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 9
1905 - 1992
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 10
1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 11
1794 - 1847
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 12