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Fame leader94.4William ShakespeareThe most famous
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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2nd94.2 · mom 12
William Shakespeare
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1st94.4 · mom 11
Pope Francis
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3rd94.0 · mom 22
William Shakespeare leads this board.
Fame score 94.4, ahead of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by 0.2.
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryFame
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Charles Dickens
United KingdomWriters91.8mom 1311th, stable
Miguel de Cervantes
SpainWriters91.7mom 1212th, stable
Hans Christian AndersenWriters91.4mom 1613th, stable
Rabindranath Tagore
India★ #1Writers91.4mom 1114th, rising
Alexander PushkinWriters91.3mom 715th, stable
Franz KafkaWriters90.3mom 216th, stable
Sigmund Freud
AustriaWriters90.0mom 217th, stable
Fyodor DostoevskyWriters89.9mom 018th, stable
Edgar Allan Poe
United StatesWriters89.9mom 1419th, stable
Mark TwainUnited StatesWriters89.7mom 120th, stable
Oscar WildeUnited KingdomWriters89.3mom 1221st, stable
Anton ChekhovWriters89.2mom 2What moved this board
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Ivan Turgenev holds 82nd among writers
Russian writer (1818-1883)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi holds 197th among writers
Egyptian Islamic theologian based in Doha, Qatar (1926-2022)
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