Writer

Thomas Shadwell

English poet and playwright

1642 - 1692

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Thomas Shadwell

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Thomas Shadwell is the 6,689th most popular writer (down from 6,684th in 2024), the 6,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,102nd in 2019) and the 682nd most popular British Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Thomas Shadwell ranks 6,689 out of 7,302. Before him are Sabina Berman, Anna Burns, Frederica Sagor Maas, Ann Oakley, Melissa Rosenberg, and Oliver La Farge. After him are Abdellah Taïa, Sarah J. Maas, Lionel Trilling, Catherine Cookson, Raffaëla Anderson, and Scott Westerfeld.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Sabina Berman
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 6,683
Anna Burns
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 6,684
Frederica Sagor Maas
1900 - 2012
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 6,685
Ann Oakley
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 6,686
Melissa Rosenberg
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 6,687
Oliver La Farge
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 6,688
Thomas Shadwell
1642 - 1692
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 6,689
Abdellah Taïa
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 6,690
Sarah J. Maas
1986 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 6,691
Lionel Trilling
1905 - 1975
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 6,692
Catherine Cookson
1906 - 1998
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 6,693
Raffaëla Anderson
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 6,694
Scott Westerfeld
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 6,695

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Thomas Shadwell ranks 19. Before him are Zheng Jing, Hâfiz Osman, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, and Claudio Coello. Among people deceased in 1692, Thomas Shadwell ranks 12. Before him are Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Heinrich Bach, Christian Louis I, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, and Cornelis Bloemaert. After him is George Etherege.

Others Born in 1642

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Zheng Jing
POLITICIAN
1642 - 1681
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 13
Hâfiz Osman
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1642 - 1698
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 14
Abdul-Qādir Bedil
WRITER
1642 - 1720
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 15
Giovanni Maria Bononcini
MUSICIAN
1642 - 1678
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 16
Anne Hilarion de Tourville
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1642 - 1701
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 17
Claudio Coello
PAINTER
1642 - 1693
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 18
Thomas Shadwell
WRITER
1642 - 1692
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 19

Others Deceased in 1692

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Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons
COMPANION
1606 - 1692
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 6
Giovanni Battista Vitali
COMPOSER
1632 - 1692
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 7
Heinrich Bach
COMPOSER
1615 - 1692
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 8
Christian Louis I
NOBLEMAN
1623 - 1692
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 9
Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1626 - 1692
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 10
Cornelis Bloemaert
PAINTER
1603 - 1692
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 11
Thomas Shadwell
WRITER
1642 - 1692
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 12
George Etherege
WRITER
1635 - 1692
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 13