47.3% of matchups won
694 matchups
Elo 1432
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/06/15
mission: Inspire through literature and art · Literature and Art · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing47%
picked as helping wellbeing
612 matchups
52%
picked as hurting wellbeing
82 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Rabindranath Tagore
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64.0% wins · Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
02
George Eliot
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54.7% wins · English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)
03
Rumi
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64.0% wins · Sufi and Persian poet
04
William Blake
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59.7% wins · English poet and artist (1757–1827)
05
Muhammad Iqbal
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41.3% wins · South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician (1877–1938)
Known for
- Wrote 'The Prophet'
- Pioneered modern Arabic literature
- Influenced global literature
- Founded the Pen League
- Transformed Arabic poetry
Based on 694 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/06/15. Full rankings ·
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