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Colley Cibber

English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate

1671 - 1757

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His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Colley Cibber is the 6,567th most popular writer (up from 6,580th in 2024), the 5,878th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,924th in 2019) and the 654th most popular British Writer.

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#77,795

More than 2 centuries after death, Colley Cibber still holds rank #77,795 among all individuals in Pantheon.

Nov 6

Colley Cibber shares a November 6 birthday with Suleiman the Magnificent, Joanna of Castile, and Charles II of Spain.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Colley Cibber ranks 6,567 out of 7,302. Before him are Ted Tally, George MacDonald Fraser, Thomas Hughes, Janne Teller, Akif Pirinçci, and Damon Lindelof. After him are Louis de Bernières, Mark Akenside, Compton Mackenzie, George S. Kaufman, Michael Rosen, and Ti-Grace Atkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Colley Cibber ranks 19. Before him are Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Luigi Guido Grandi, Antoine Forqueray, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, and Alivardi Khan.  Among people deceased in 1757, Colley Cibber ranks 25. Before him are Johann Samuel König, Vakhushti of Kartli, Daniel Gran, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Bulleh Shah, and John Byng.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colley Cibber ranks 5,878 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Hughes (1822), Annie Haslam (1947), Noel Harrison (1934), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Martin Keown (1966), and Louis Partridge (2003). After him are Jackie Lewis (1936), Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), Dan McKenzie (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), and Zoella (1990).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Colley Cibber ranks 654. Before him are Dan Abnett (1965), Brian Friel (1929), John Arden (1930), Thomas Hood (1799), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), and Thomas Hughes (1822). After him are Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Michael Rosen (1946), Saunders Lewis (1893), and Bernardine Evaristo (1959).

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