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 primarily 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 2,000,947 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Anthony Burgess is the 485th most popular writer (up from 592nd in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 450th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Writer.
Anthony Burgess is most famous for his novel, A Clockwork Orange.
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Among writers, Anthony Burgess ranks 485 out of 5,755. Before him are D. H. Lawrence, Statius, Ellen G. White, Harold Pinter, Elie Wiesel, and Tyrtaeus. After him are Baldassare Castiglione, Robert A. Heinlein, Gaston Leroux, Imadaddin Nasimi, Alfred de Musset, and Frans Eemil Sillanpää.
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 479
40 - 96
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 480
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 481
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 482
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 483
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 484
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 485
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 486
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 487
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 488
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 489
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 490
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 491
Among people born in 1917, Anthony Burgess ranks 12. Before him are Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Hobsbawm, Ilya Prigogine, Joan Fontaine, Frederica of Hanover, and Ernest Borgnine. After him are I. M. Pei, Robert Mitchum, Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, Dean Martin, and Joan Clarke. Among people deceased in 1993, Anthony Burgess ranks 13. Before him are James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Turgut Özal, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia. After him are Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, Inge Lehmann, Hans Jonas, Brandon Lee, and Polykarp Kusch.
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 6
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 7
1917 - 2003
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 8
1917 - 2013
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 9
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 10
1917 - 2012
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 11
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 12
1917 - 2019
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 13
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 14
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 15
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 16
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 17
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 18
1947 - 1993
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 7
1930 - 1993
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 9
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 10
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 12
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 13
1913 - 1993
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 14
1946 - 1993
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 15
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 16
1903 - 1993
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 17
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 18
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Burgess ranks 374 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward the Confessor (1003), Ralph Fiennes (1962), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Harold Pinter (1930), Pelagius (360), and Sam Neill (1947). After him are C. F. Powell (1903), Robert Walpole (1676), Charles Lyell (1797), Angela Lansbury (1925), Calico Jack (1682), and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887).
1003 - 1066
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 368
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 369
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 370
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 371
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 372
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 373
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 374
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 375
1676 - 1745
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 376
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 377
1925 - 2022
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 378
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 379
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 380
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Burgess ranks 46. Before him are Enid Blyton (1897), Thomas Paine (1737), John Galsworthy (1867), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), D. H. Lawrence (1885), and Harold Pinter (1930). After him are Robert Burns (1759), John le Carré (1931), Beatrix Potter (1866), J. M. Barrie (1860), A. A. Milne (1882), and Percy Fawcett (1867).
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 40
1737 - 1809
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 41
1867 - 1933
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 42
1849 - 1924
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 43
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 44
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 45
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 46
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 47
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 48
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 49
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 50
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 51
1867 - 1925
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 52