WRITER

Tibullus

50 BC - 19 BC

Photo of Tibullus

Icon of person Tibullus

Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC – c. 19 BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins. Little is known about the life of Tibullus. There are only a few references to him by later writers and a short Life of doubtful authority. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tibullus is the 517th most popular writer (down from 462nd in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Writer.

Tibullus is most famous for his love poems.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Tibullus by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tibullus ranks 517 out of 7,302. Before him are Isaac Babel, Mika Waltari, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Robert Walser, Jostein Gaarder, and Ivan Franko. After him are Ivan Goncharov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ilya Ehrenburg, Michel Houellebecq, Boris Vian, and William S. Burroughs.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 50 BC, Tibullus ranks 3. Before him are Propertius, and Nicodemus. After him are Wang Zhaojun, Marcus Manilius, Philip II Philoromaeus, Valerius Gratus, Shammai, Tiridates III of Parthia, Lucius Cassius Longinus, Namhae of Silla, and Liu Xin. Among people deceased in 19 BC, Tibullus ranks 2. Before him is Virgil. After him is Dongmyeong of Goguryeo.

Others Born in 50 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 19 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tibullus ranks 693 out of 5,161. Before him are Saint Rosalia (1130), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Poppaea Sabina (30), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Cornelia (-97), and Pope Donus (610). After him are Virna Lisi (1936), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), and Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Tibullus ranks 44. Before him are Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), and Edmondo De Amicis (1846). After him are Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Aulus Gellius (123), Poliziano (1454), and Gabriele Amorth (1925).

Italian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous