Writer
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875 - 1926
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Rainer Maria Rilke
His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia. Rainer Maria Rilke is the 119th most popular writer (down from 79th in 2024), the 15th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 10th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Writer.
Rainer Maria Rilke is most famous for his poetry.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Rainer Maria Rilke ranks 119 out of 7,302. Before him are Václav Havel, Anatole France, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, André Gide, Theodor Herzl, and Hafez. After him are Ismail I, Mario Vargas Llosa, Federico García Lorca, Muhammad Iqbal, Ivo Andrić, and Naguib Mahfouz.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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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
Ismail I
1487 - 1524
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 120
Mario Vargas Llosa
1936 - 2025
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 121
Federico García Lorca
1898 - 1936
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 122
Muhammad Iqbal
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 123
Ivo Andrić
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 124
Naguib Mahfouz
1911 - 2006
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 125
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1875, Rainer Maria Rilke ranks 7. Before him are Carl Jung, Thomas Mann, Maurice Ravel, Aleister Crowley, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Syngman Rhee. After him are Albert Schweitzer, D. W. Griffith, Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, Jeanne Calment, and Mileva Marić. Among people deceased in 1926, Rainer Maria Rilke ranks 3. Before him are Claude Monet, and Antoni Gaudí. After him are Mehmed VI, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Emperor Taishō, Harry Houdini, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, and Sunjong of Korea.
Others Born in 1875
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Carl Jung
PSYCHOLOGIST
1875 - 1961
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 1
Thomas Mann
WRITER
1875 - 1955
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 2
Maurice Ravel
COMPOSER
1875 - 1937
HPI: 83.16
Rank: 3
Aleister Crowley
OCCULTIST
1875 - 1947
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 4
Vallabhbhai Patel
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1950
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 5
Syngman Rhee
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1965
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 6
Rainer Maria Rilke
WRITER
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 7
Albert Schweitzer
PHYSICIAN
1875 - 1965
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 8
D. W. Griffith
FILM DIRECTOR
1875 - 1948
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 9
Ibn Saud
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1953
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 10
Ferdinand Porsche
DESIGNER
1875 - 1951
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 11
Jeanne Calment
CELEBRITY
1875 - 1997
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 12
Mileva Marić
COMPANION
1875 - 1948
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1926
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Claude Monet
PAINTER
1840 - 1926
HPI: 88.69
Rank: 1
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 2
Rainer Maria Rilke
WRITER
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 3
Mehmed VI
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1926
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 4
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
PHILOSOPHER
1846 - 1926
HPI: 79.85
Rank: 5
Emperor Taishō
PUBLIC WORKER
1879 - 1926
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 6
Harry Houdini
MAGICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 7
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
PHYSICIST
1853 - 1926
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 8
Felix Dzerzhinsky
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1926
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 9
Olga Constantinovna of Russia
COMPANION
1851 - 1926
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 10
Camillo Golgi
PHYSICIAN
1843 - 1926
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 11
Sunjong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 12
In Czechia
Among people born in Czechia, Rainer Maria Rilke ranks 15 out of NaN. Before him are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Milan Kundera (1929), Oskar Schindler (1908), Alphonse Mucha (1860), and Václav Havel (1936). After him are Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Kurt Gödel (1906), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), and John of Nepomuk (1350).
Others born in Czechia
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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
John of Nepomuk
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1350 - 1393
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 21
Among Writers In Czechia
Among writers born in Czechia, Rainer Maria Rilke ranks 4. Before him are Franz Kafka (1883), Milan Kundera (1929), and Václav Havel (1936). After him are 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
