WRITER

Fuzûlî

1494 - 1556

Fuzûlî

Muhammad bin Suleyman (Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd Süleyman oğlu, مَحمد سلیمان اوغلی; 1483–1556), better known by his pen name Fuzuli (Füzuli, فضولی), was a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkic literature and a prominent figure in both Azerbaijani and Ottoman literature. Fuzuli's work was widely known and admired throughout the Turkic cultural landscape from the 16th to the 19th centuries, with his fame reaching as far as Central Asia and India. Born in 1483 in modern-day Iraq, Fuzuli studied literature, mathematics, astronomy, and languages as a child. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fuzûlî is the 195th most popular writer (up from 241st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Writer.

Fuzûlî is most famous for his love poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fuzûlî ranks 195 out of 7,302. Before him are Adam Mickiewicz, Sigrid Undset, Halldór Laxness, Petronius, Georges Simenon, and Tove Jansson. After him are Johannes V. Jensen, Menander, François-René de Chateaubriand, Orhan Pamuk, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Joseph Conrad.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Adam Mickiewicz
1798 - 1855
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 189
Sigrid Undset
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 190
Halldór Laxness
1902 - 1998
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 191
Petronius
27 - 66
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 192
Georges Simenon
1903 - 1989
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 193
Tove Jansson
1914 - 2001
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 194
Fuzûlî
1494 - 1556
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 195
Johannes V. Jensen
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 196
Menander
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 197
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768 - 1848
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 198
Orhan Pamuk
1952 - Present
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 199
Friedrich Hölderlin
1770 - 1843
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 200
Joseph Conrad
1857 - 1924
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 201

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Fuzûlî ranks 4. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent, Francis I of France, and François Rabelais. After him are Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Rosso Fiorentino, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Lucas van Leyden, and Antoinette de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1556, Fuzûlî ranks 2. Before him is Ignatius of Loyola. After him are Pietro Aretino, Humayun, Lorenzo Lotto, Thomas Cranmer, Martin Agricola, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Luigi Alamanni, and Tullia d'Aragona.

Others Born in 1494

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Suleiman the Magnificent
POLITICIAN
1494 - 1566
HPI: 91.58
Rank: 1
Francis I of France
POLITICIAN
1494 - 1547
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 2
François Rabelais
WRITER
1494 - 1553
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 3
Fuzûlî
WRITER
1494 - 1556
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 4
Georgius Agricola
PHYSICIAN
1494 - 1555
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 5
Pontormo
PAINTER
1494 - 1557
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 6
Bona Sforza
POLITICIAN
1494 - 1557
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 7
Rosso Fiorentino
PAINTER
1494 - 1540
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 8
Jean Parisot de Valette
POLITICIAN
1494 - 1568
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 9
Leo Africanus
WRITER
1494 - 1554
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 10
Lucas van Leyden
PAINTER
1494 - 1533
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 11
Antoinette de Bourbon
POLITICIAN
1494 - 1583
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1556

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Ignatius of Loyola
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1491 - 1556
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 1
Fuzûlî
WRITER
1494 - 1556
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 2
Pietro Aretino
WRITER
1492 - 1556
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 3
Humayun
POLITICIAN
1508 - 1556
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 4
Lorenzo Lotto
PAINTER
1480 - 1556
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 5
Thomas Cranmer
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1489 - 1556
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 6
Martin Agricola
COMPOSER
1486 - 1556
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 7
Frederick II, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1482 - 1556
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 8
Maximus the Greek
WRITER
1475 - 1556
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 9
Saitō Dōsan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1494 - 1556
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 10
Luigi Alamanni
WRITER
1495 - 1556
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 11
Tullia d'Aragona
WRITER
1510 - 1556
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 12