1917 - 1993
John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was predominantly a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Burgess has received more than 1,442,981 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Anthony Burgess is the 592nd most popular writer (down from 505th in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 365th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Writer.
Anthony Burgess is most famous for his novel, A Clockwork Orange.
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Among writers, Anthony Burgess ranks 592 out of 5,794. Before him are Eugene O'Neill, Aulus Gellius, Demetrius Vikelas, Alexander Herzen, Vuk Karadžić, and Mihai Eminescu. After him are Dino Buzzati, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, France Prešeren, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Harry Martinson, and Robert Ludlum.
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 586
123 - 180
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 587
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 588
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 589
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 590
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 591
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 592
1906 - 1972
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 593
1741 - 1803
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 594
1800 - 1849
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 595
1767 - 1845
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 596
1904 - 1978
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 597
1927 - 2001
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 598
Among people born in 1917, Anthony Burgess ranks 19. Before him are Frederica of Hanover, Sidney Sheldon, I. M. Pei, Kenan Evren, Óscar Romero, and Ferdinand Marcos. After him are Christian de Duve, Robert Mitchum, Otto Günsche, John Lee Hooker, Sven Hassel, and Nur Muhammad Taraki. Among people deceased in 1993, Anthony Burgess ranks 15. Before him are James Hunt, Turgut Özal, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Albert Sabin, and Hans Jonas. After him are Inge Lehmann, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, W. Edwards Deming, Bill Bixby, Kōbō Abe, and André the Giant.
1917 - 1981
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 13
1917 - 2007
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 14
1917 - 2019
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 15
1917 - 2015
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 16
1917 - 1980
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 17
1917 - 1989
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 18
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 19
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 20
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 21
1917 - 2003
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 22
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 23
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 24
1917 - 1979
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 25
1947 - 1993
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 9
1927 - 1993
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 10
1916 - 1993
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 11
1913 - 1993
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 12
1906 - 1993
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 13
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 14
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 15
1888 - 1993
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 16
1939 - 1993
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 17
1900 - 1993
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 18
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 19
1924 - 1993
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 20
1946 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 21
Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Burgess ranks 451 out of 6,924. Before him are Gary Moore (1952), Edward the Martyr (962), Charlie Watts (1941), Henry Every (1659), Robert Brown (1773), and Stirling Moss (1929). After him are Deborah Kerr (1921), Roger Penrose (1931), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Æthelflæd (869), Edward the Confessor (1003), and Donald Winnicott (1896).
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 445
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 446
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 447
1659 - 1699
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 448
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 449
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 450
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 451
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 452
1931 - Present
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 453
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 454
869 - 918
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 455
1003 - 1066
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 456
1896 - 1971
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 457
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Burgess ranks 60. Before him are Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Samuel Butler (1835), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Walter Raleigh (1554), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Oliver Sacks (1933). After him are John le Carré (1931), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Ben Jonson (1572), and Diana Wynne Jones (1934).
1849 - 1924
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 54
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 55
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 56
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 57
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 58
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 59
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 60
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 61
1090 - 1155
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 62
1859 - 1927
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 63
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 64
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 65
1934 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 66