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Miguel de Cervantes

1547 - 1616

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( sur-VAN-teez, -⁠tiz; Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work considered as the first modern novel. The novel has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature". Much of his life was spent in relative poverty and obscurity, which led to many of his early works being lost. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel de Cervantes is the 18th most popular writer (down from 15th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Spain and the most popular Spanish Writer.

Miguel de Cervantes is most famous for his novel, Don Quixote.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 18 out of 7,302. Before him are Voltaire, James Joyce, Sophocles, Jules Verne, Virgil, and Molière. After him are Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ovid, Alexandre Dumas, Albert Camus, and Hesiod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 1. After him are John of Austria, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Claude of France, Nicholas Hilliard, Justus Lipsius, Oichi, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Mateo Alemán, and Rudolph Goclenius. Among people deceased in 1616, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 2. Before him is William Shakespeare. After him are Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Jacob Le Maire, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Simeon Bekbulatovich, and Johannes Fabricius.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 3 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), and Salvador Dalí (1904). After him are Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Pope Alexander VI (1431).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Miguel de Cervantes ranks 1. After him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Quintilian (35), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Henry IV of Castile (1425).

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