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Juris Alunāns

1832 - 1864

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Juris Alunāns (official name Gustavs Georgs Frīdrihs Alunāns; May 13, 1832 – April 18, 1864) was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of the Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvia movement. Alunāns created about 500 neologisms, most of which were quickly incorporated in the everyday Latvian language and are still being used. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juris Alunāns is the 5,329th most popular writer (up from 5,918th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 181st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juris Alunāns ranks 5,329 out of 7,302. Before him are Alain de Botton, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, František Halas, Claude Mauriac, Henjō, and Peter F. Hamilton. After him are Platon Oyunsky, Thomas Love Peacock, Richard D. Ryder, Mikhail Shishkin, Gamal El-Ghitani, and Edward Rutherfurd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Juris Alunāns ranks 89. Before him are Juan Montalvo, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, Heinrich Gerber, Walter Q. Gresham, Isaac Israel Hayes, and Edward Newton. After him are Gyula Szapáry, Mary Everest Boole, Boston Corbett, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, and Lizardo Montero Flores. Among people deceased in 1864, Juris Alunāns ranks 65. Before him are Gonçalves Dias, Roger B. Taney, Gaetano Bedini, Jacques Jasmin, José Justo Corro, and Adelaide Anne Procter. After him are Alexander Vostokov, William T. Anderson, John Clare, Robert Torrens, Benjamin Silliman, and John Sedgwick.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Juris Alunāns ranks 166 out of 323. Before him are Regīna Ezera (1930), Rutanya Alda (1942), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Ursula Donath (1931), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), and Dainis Kūla (1959). After him are Valdis Birkavs (1942), Indulis Emsis (1952), Imants Kalniņš (1941), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Laila Freivalds (1942), and Aigars Kalvītis (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Juris Alunāns ranks 26. Before him are Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Regīna Ezera (1930), and Imants Ziedonis (1933). After him are Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Atis Kronvalds (1837), and Jānis Akuraters (1876).

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