# Writers — Top Profiles on Fame.am
# https://fame.am/category/writers
# Generated: 2026-09-02T03:27:36.806Z

category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
  description: "The writers the culture keeps returning to, from bestseller-list fixtures to the essayists and novelists quietly defining a generation's reading. 16,696 tracked, ordered by real public-attention signals: how often the world searches them, reads their Wikipedia, and follows them, updated every day."
  total_indexed: 58487
  source: "https://fame.am"
  profiles_url: "https://fame.am/category/writers"

leaderboard:
  - rank: 1
    name: "Pope Francis"
    slug: "pope-francis"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-francis"
    country: "Argentina"
    country_code: "AR"
    fame_score: 94.16
    momentum: 30.79
    trend: "RISING"
    global_rank: 12
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/pope-francis/yaml"
  - rank: 2
    name: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
    slug: "johann-wolfgang-von-goethe"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe"
    fame_score: 93.97
    momentum: 7.07
    trend: "RISING"
    global_rank: 15
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/yaml"
  - rank: 3
    name: "William Shakespeare"
    slug: "william-shakespeare"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/william-shakespeare"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 92.77
    momentum: 2.80
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 26
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/william-shakespeare/yaml"
  - rank: 4
    name: "Martin Luther King Jr."
    slug: "martin-luther-king-jr"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-luther-king-jr"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 91.77
    momentum: 17.70
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 42
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/martin-luther-king-jr/yaml"
  - rank: 5
    name: "Miguel de Cervantes"
    slug: "miguel-de-cervantes"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/miguel-de-cervantes"
    country: "Spain"
    country_code: "ES"
    fame_score: 91.67
    momentum: 10.13
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 43
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/miguel-de-cervantes/yaml"
  - rank: 6
    name: "Rabindranath Tagore"
    slug: "rabindranath-tagore"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/rabindranath-tagore"
    country: "India"
    country_code: "IN"
    fame_score: 91.34
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 47
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/rabindranath-tagore/yaml"
  - rank: 7
    name: "Hans Christian Andersen"
    slug: "hans-christian-andersen"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-christian-andersen"
    fame_score: 91.31
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 48
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/hans-christian-andersen/yaml"
  - rank: 8
    name: "Fyodor Dostoevsky"
    slug: "fyodor-dostoevsky"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/fyodor-dostoevsky"
    fame_score: 90.40
    momentum: 2.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 54
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/fyodor-dostoevsky/yaml"
  - rank: 9
    name: "Leo Tolstoy"
    slug: "leo-tolstoy"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-tolstoy"
    fame_score: 90.28
    momentum: 1.18
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 58
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/leo-tolstoy/yaml"
  - rank: 10
    name: "Anton Chekhov"
    slug: "anton-chekhov"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/anton-chekhov"
    fame_score: 89.88
    momentum: 3.81
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 66
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/anton-chekhov/yaml"
  - rank: 11
    name: "Edgar Allan Poe"
    slug: "edgar-allan-poe"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-allan-poe"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 89.86
    momentum: 12.51
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 68
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/edgar-allan-poe/yaml"
  - rank: 12
    name: "Homer"
    slug: "homer"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/homer"
    fame_score: 89.63
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 71
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/homer/yaml"
  - rank: 13
    name: "Victor Hugo"
    slug: "victor-hugo"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-hugo"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 89.59
    momentum: 0.76
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 73
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/victor-hugo/yaml"
  - rank: 14
    name: "Franz Kafka"
    slug: "franz-kafka"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-kafka"
    fame_score: 89.56
    momentum: 0.54
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 74
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/franz-kafka/yaml"
  - rank: 15
    name: "Oscar Wilde"
    slug: "oscar-wilde"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-wilde"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 89.29
    momentum: 10.80
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 82
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/oscar-wilde/yaml"
  - rank: 16
    name: "Dante Alighieri"
    slug: "dante-alighieri"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/dante-alighieri"
    fame_score: 89.23
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 86
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/dante-alighieri/yaml"
  - rank: 17
    name: "Sigmund Freud"
    slug: "sigmund-freud"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/sigmund-freud"
    country: "Austria"
    country_code: "AT"
    fame_score: 89.06
    momentum: 0.41
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 89
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/sigmund-freud/yaml"
  - rank: 18
    name: "Voltaire"
    slug: "voltaire"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/voltaire"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 88.84
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 92
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/voltaire/yaml"
  - rank: 19
    name: "Mark Twain"
    slug: "mark-twain"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-twain"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 88.82
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 93
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/mark-twain/yaml"
  - rank: 20
    name: "Alexander Pushkin"
    slug: "alexander-pushkin"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-pushkin"
    fame_score: 88.64
    momentum: 0.69
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 96
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/alexander-pushkin/yaml"
  - rank: 21
    name: "Charles Dickens"
    slug: "charles-dickens"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-dickens"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 88.43
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 102
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/charles-dickens/yaml"
  - rank: 22
    name: "Virgil"
    slug: "virgil"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/virgil"
    country: "Italy"
    country_code: "IT"
    fame_score: 88.13
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 107
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/virgil/yaml"
  - rank: 23
    name: "J. R. R. Tolkien"
    slug: "j-r-r-tolkien"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/j-r-r-tolkien"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 87.74
    momentum: 14.04
    trend: "RISING"
    global_rank: 118
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/j-r-r-tolkien/yaml"
  - rank: 24
    name: "Jane Austen"
    slug: "jane-austen"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-austen"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 87.56
    momentum: 32.33
    trend: "RISING"
    global_rank: 124
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/jane-austen/yaml"
  - rank: 25
    name: "Jules Verne"
    slug: "jules-verne"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/jules-verne"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 87.45
    momentum: 13.19
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 127
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/jules-verne/yaml"
  - rank: 26
    name: "Matsuo Bashō"
    slug: "matsuo-basho"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/matsuo-basho"
    country: "Japan"
    country_code: "JP"
    fame_score: 86.94
    momentum: 15.00
    trend: "RISING"
    global_rank: 141
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/matsuo-basho/yaml"
  - rank: 27
    name: "Agatha Christie"
    slug: "agatha-christie"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/agatha-christie"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 86.90
    momentum: 11.21
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 145
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/agatha-christie/yaml"
  - rank: 28
    name: "Paul the Apostle"
    slug: "paul-the-apostle"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-the-apostle"
    country: "Turkey"
    country_code: "TR"
    fame_score: 86.82
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 146
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/paul-the-apostle/yaml"
  - rank: 29
    name: "Herodotus"
    slug: "herodotus"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/herodotus"
    country: "Turkey"
    country_code: "TR"
    fame_score: 86.75
    momentum: 8.75
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 150
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/herodotus/yaml"
  - rank: 30
    name: "Li Bai"
    slug: "li-bai"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/li-bai"
    fame_score: 86.66
    momentum: 16.05
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 155
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/li-bai/yaml"
  - rank: 31
    name: "Ernest Hemingway"
    slug: "ernest-hemingway"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-hemingway"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 86.53
    momentum: 2.28
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 236
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/ernest-hemingway/yaml"
  - rank: 32
    name: "Molière"
    slug: "moliere"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/moliere"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 86.41
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 165
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/moliere/yaml"
  - rank: 33
    name: "Jorge Luis Borges"
    slug: "jorge-luis-borges"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/jorge-luis-borges"
    country: "Argentina"
    country_code: "AR"
    fame_score: 86.19
    momentum: 16.65
    trend: "RISING"
    global_rank: 174
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/jorge-luis-borges/yaml"
  - rank: 34
    name: "Lord Byron"
    slug: "lord-byron"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/lord-byron"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 85.71
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 189
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/lord-byron/yaml"
  - rank: 35
    name: "J. K. Rowling"
    slug: "j-k-rowling"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/j-k-rowling"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 85.17
    momentum: 15.13
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 220
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/j-k-rowling/yaml"
  - rank: 36
    name: "George Orwell"
    slug: "george-orwell"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/george-orwell"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 84.99
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 231
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/george-orwell/yaml"
  - rank: 37
    name: "Sophocles"
    slug: "sophocles"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/sophocles"
    fame_score: 84.79
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 246
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/sophocles/yaml"
  - rank: 38
    name: "Friedrich Schiller"
    slug: "friedrich-schiller"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-schiller"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 84.75
    momentum: 11.97
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 250
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/friedrich-schiller/yaml"
  - rank: 39
    name: "Gabriel García Márquez"
    slug: "gabriel-garcia-marquez"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/gabriel-garcia-marquez"
    fame_score: 84.59
    momentum: 0.36
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/gabriel-garcia-marquez/yaml"
  - rank: 40
    name: "Virginia Woolf"
    slug: "virginia-woolf"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/virginia-woolf"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 84.09
    momentum: 10.88
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/virginia-woolf/yaml"
  - rank: 41
    name: "James Joyce"
    slug: "james-joyce"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/james-joyce"
    fame_score: 84.05
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/james-joyce/yaml"
  - rank: 42
    name: "Charles Baudelaire"
    slug: "charles-baudelaire"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-baudelaire"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 83.99
    momentum: 7.98
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/charles-baudelaire/yaml"
  - rank: 43
    name: "Ovid"
    slug: "ovid"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/ovid"
    country: "Italy"
    country_code: "IT"
    fame_score: 83.39
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/ovid/yaml"
  - rank: 44
    name: "Alexandre Dumas"
    slug: "alexandre-dumas"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/alexandre-dumas"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 83.19
    momentum: 3.91
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/alexandre-dumas/yaml"
  - rank: 45
    name: "Naguib Mahfouz"
    slug: "naguib-mahfouz"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/naguib-mahfouz"
    country: "Egypt"
    country_code: "EG"
    fame_score: 83.02
    momentum: 15.16
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/naguib-mahfouz/yaml"
  - rank: 46
    name: "Helen Keller"
    slug: "helen-keller"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-keller"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 82.77
    momentum: 7.83
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/helen-keller/yaml"
  - rank: 47
    name: "Geoffrey Chaucer"
    slug: "geoffrey-chaucer"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-chaucer"
    fame_score: 82.52
    momentum: 2.78
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/geoffrey-chaucer/yaml"
  - rank: 48
    name: "Marcel Proust"
    slug: "marcel-proust"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-proust"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 82.45
    momentum: 0.37
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/marcel-proust/yaml"
  - rank: 49
    name: "Thomas Mann"
    slug: "thomas-mann"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-mann"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 82.27
    momentum: 7.13
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/thomas-mann/yaml"
  - rank: 50
    name: "Rudyard Kipling"
    slug: "rudyard-kipling"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/rudyard-kipling"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 82.23
    momentum: 0.01
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/rudyard-kipling/yaml"
