WRITER

Abdullah Goran

1904 - 1962

Abdullah Goran

Abdullah Goran (Kurdish: عەبدوڵڵا گۆران, b. in 1904 in Halabja, Ottoman Empire, d. 1962 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan) was a leading Kurdish poet and translator of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdullah Goran is the 4,624th most popular writer (down from 3,305th in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abdullah Goran ranks 4,624 out of 7,302. Before him are Vesna Parun, Vittoria Aganoor, Kostas Karyotakis, Robert Bolt, Mary McCarthy, and Johann David Wyss. After him are Vittorio Messori, Sotion, Dan Andersson, Guillermo Arriaga, József Katona, and Birgitta Trotzig.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Vesna Parun
1922 - 2010
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 4,618
Vittoria Aganoor
1855 - 1910
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 4,619
Kostas Karyotakis
1896 - 1928
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 4,620
Robert Bolt
1924 - 1995
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 4,621
Mary McCarthy
1912 - 1989
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 4,622
Johann David Wyss
1743 - 1818
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4,623
Abdullah Goran
1904 - 1962
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4,624
Vittorio Messori
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4,625
Sotion
250 BC - 170 BC
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4,626
Dan Andersson
1888 - 1920
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 4,627
Guillermo Arriaga
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 4,628
József Katona
1791 - 1830
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 4,629
Birgitta Trotzig
1929 - 2011
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 4,630

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Abdullah Goran ranks 238. Before him are Käthe von Nagy, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Erwin Komenda, Pretty Boy Floyd, Gregg Toland, and Josef Pieper. After him are Gino Rossetti, Sabin Carr, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Christian Møller, Rambai Barni, and Carlos Torre Repetto. Among people deceased in 1962, Abdullah Goran ranks 153. Before him are Raquel Meller, Jean Stern, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Fred Pentland, Purushottam Das Tandon, and Miklós Szabados. After him are Manolis Kalomiris, George Vernot, Yvette Andréyor, Iuliu Baratky, Charles Rigoulot, and Vadym Meller.

Others Born in 1904

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Käthe von Nagy
ACTOR
1904 - 1973
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 232
Vladimir Kokkinaki
PILOT
1904 - 1985
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 233
Erwin Komenda
ENGINEER
1904 - 1966
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 234
Pretty Boy Floyd
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1934
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 235
Gregg Toland
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1948
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 236
Josef Pieper
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 237
Abdullah Goran
WRITER
1904 - 1962
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 238
Gino Rossetti
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1992
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 239
Sabin Carr
ATHLETE
1904 - 1983
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 240
Joel de Oliveira Monteiro
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1990
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 241
Christian Møller
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1980
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 242
Rambai Barni
COMPANION
1904 - 1984
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 243
Carlos Torre Repetto
CHESS PLAYER
1904 - 1978
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 244

Others Deceased in 1962

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Raquel Meller
SINGER
1888 - 1962
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 147
Jean Stern
FENCER
1875 - 1962
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 148
Ramón Pérez de Ayala
WRITER
1880 - 1962
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 149
Fred Pentland
SOCCER PLAYER
1883 - 1962
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 150
Purushottam Das Tandon
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1962
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 151
Miklós Szabados
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1912 - 1962
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 152
Abdullah Goran
WRITER
1904 - 1962
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 153
Manolis Kalomiris
COMPOSER
1883 - 1962
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 154
George Vernot
SWIMMER
1901 - 1962
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 155
Yvette Andréyor
ACTOR
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 156
Iuliu Baratky
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1962
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 157
Charles Rigoulot
ACTOR
1903 - 1962
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 158
Vadym Meller
PAINTER
1884 - 1962
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 159

In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abdullah Goran ranks 309 out of 384. Before him are Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938), Ashur-nadin-apli (-1300), Asharid-apal-Ekur (-1200), Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (1952), and Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948). After him are Ashur-nirari IV (-1100), Nabonassar (-800), Tariq al-Hashimi (1942), Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728), Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980), and Shlomo Hillel (1923).

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Khalifah ibn Khayyat
HISTORIAN
777 - 854
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 303
Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2005
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 304
Ashur-nadin-apli
POLITICIAN
1300 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 305
Asharid-apal-Ekur
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1074 BC
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 306
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
POLITICIAN
1952 - 2009
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 307
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
POLITICIAN
1948 - 2018
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 308
Abdullah Goran
WRITER
1904 - 1962
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 309
Ashur-nirari IV
POLITICIAN
1100 BC - 1013 BC
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 310
Nabonassar
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 733 BC
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 311
Tariq al-Hashimi
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 312
Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
728 - 825
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 313
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1980 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 314
Shlomo Hillel
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2021
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 315