1688 - 1744
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translations of Homer. Pope is often quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Pope has received more than 2,970,765 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Alexander Pope is the 686th most popular writer (down from 434th in 2019), the 547th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 327th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Writer.
Alexander Pope is most famous for his satirical poems, such as "The Rape of the Lock" and "The Dunciad."
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Among writers, Alexander Pope ranks 686 out of 5,755. Before him are Alain-René Lesage, Clarice Lispector, Luis de Góngora, Judah Halevi, Pietro Bembo, and Vātsyāyana. After him are Max Frisch, Ninon de l'Enclos, Jaroslav Seifert, Hugo Ball, Pierre de Ronsard, and Maria Leopoldina of Austria.
1668 - 1747
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 680
1920 - 1977
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 681
1561 - 1627
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 682
1079 - 1141
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 683
1470 - 1547
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 684
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 685
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 686
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 687
1620 - 1705
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 688
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 689
1886 - 1927
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 690
1524 - 1585
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 691
1797 - 1826
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 692
Among people born in 1688, Alexander Pope ranks 8. Before him are Frederick William I of Prussia, Emanuel Swedenborg, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Gyeongjong of Joseon, Maria Luisa of Savoy, and Juraj Jánošík. After him are James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, Pierre de Marivaux, Domenico Zipoli, Stede Bonnet, and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. Among people deceased in 1744, Alexander Pope ranks 6. Before him are Anders Celsius, Giambattista Vico, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. After him are Giuseppe Guarneri, André Campra, Leonardo Leo, Marie Anne de Mailly, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Johann Heinrich Schulze.
1688 - 1740
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 2
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 3
1688 - 1741
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 4
1688 - 1724
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 5
1688 - 1714
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 6
1688 - 1713
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 7
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 8
1688 - 1766
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 9
1688 - 1766
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 10
1688 - 1763
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
1688 - 1726
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 12
1688 - 1718
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 13
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14
1701 - 1744
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 1
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 2
1676 - 1744
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 3
1718 - 1744
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 4
1660 - 1744
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 5
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 6
1698 - 1744
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 7
1660 - 1744
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 8
1694 - 1744
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 9
1717 - 1744
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 10
1683 - 1744
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 11
1687 - 1744
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Pope ranks 547 out of 7,765. Before him are Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Annie Lennox (1954), Isaac Barrow (1631), Roger Glover (1945), and Fred Perry (1909). After him are John Smith (1580), Alice Liddell (1852), Alfred Molina (1953), John Newlands (1837), Gordon Banks (1937), and Henry Hallett Dale (1875).
1945 - 1987
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 541
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 542
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 543
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 544
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 545
1909 - 1995
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 546
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 547
1580 - 1631
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 548
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 549
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 550
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 551
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 552
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 553
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Pope ranks 66. Before him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Oliver Sacks (1933), Walter Raleigh (1554), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Tony Buzan (1942). After him are Frederick Forsyth (1938), David Irving (1938), A. J. Cronin (1896), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Ann Radcliffe (1764), and Douglas Adams (1952).
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 60
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 61
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 62
1554 - 1618
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 63
1840 - 1928
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 64
1942 - 2019
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 65
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 66
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 67
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 68
1896 - 1981
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 69
1872 - 1898
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 70
1764 - 1823
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 71
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 72