1878 - 1961
Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "was over. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus John has received more than 559,092 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Augustus John is the 1,645th most popular painter (down from 1,383rd in 2019), the 4,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,119th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Painter.
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Among painters, Augustus John ranks 1,645 out of 1,421. Before him are Barbara Bodichon, Milt Kahl, Erik Pevernagie, Gerald Scarfe, Benjamin Wilson, and John Henry Twachtman. After him are William Beechey, Charles Marion Russell, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Eugene J. Martin, Sidney Nolan, and Charles Hamilton Smith.
1827 - 1891
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 1,639
1909 - 1987
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 1,640
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 1,641
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 1,642
1721 - 1788
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 1,643
1853 - 1902
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 1,644
1878 - 1961
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 1,645
1753 - 1839
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,646
1864 - 1926
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 1,647
1847 - 1917
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 1,648
1938 - 2005
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 1,649
1917 - 1992
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 1,650
1776 - 1859
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 1,651
Among people born in 1878, Augustus John ranks 190. Before him are The Great Gama, Muriel Robb, Wollmar Boström, Paul Weinstein, Peter Kemp, and William C. deMille. After him are Francisco Lagos Cházaro, John Cregan, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, John Masefield, Peder Kolstad, and Garrett Serviss. Among people deceased in 1961, Augustus John ranks 160. Before him are Herman Glass, William Alexander Morgan, Henri Deloge, Ruth Chatterton, Romeo Neri, and Susanna M. Salter. After him are Jean Piot, William Z. Foster, Whittaker Chambers, Gail Russell, Earle Page, and Victor d'Arcy.
1878 - 1960
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 184
1878 - 1907
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 185
1878 - 1956
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 186
1878 - 1964
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 187
1878 - 1950
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 188
1878 - 1955
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 189
1878 - 1961
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 190
1878 - 1932
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 191
1878 - 1965
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 192
1878 - 1944
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 193
1878 - 1967
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 194
1878 - 1932
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 195
1878 - 1907
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 196
1880 - 1961
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 154
1928 - 1961
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 155
1874 - 1961
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 156
1892 - 1961
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 157
1903 - 1961
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 158
1860 - 1961
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 159
1878 - 1961
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 160
1890 - 1961
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 161
1881 - 1961
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 162
1901 - 1961
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 163
1924 - 1961
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 164
1880 - 1961
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 165
1887 - 1961
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 166
Among people born in United Kingdom, Augustus John ranks 4,364 out of 7,765. Before him are Zak Starkey (1965), Gerry Marsden (1942), Joseph Cook (1860), Dawn French (1957), John Barrowman (1967), and James Wyatt (1746). After him are Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Louis Fraser (1810), Michael Foot (1913), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Howard Donald (1968), and Daniel Harding (1975).
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 4,358
1942 - 2021
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 4,359
1860 - 1947
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 4,360
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 4,361
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 4,362
1746 - 1813
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 4,363
1878 - 1961
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,364
1793 - 1874
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,365
1810 - 1866
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,366
1913 - 2010
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,367
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,368
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 4,369
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 4,370
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Augustus John ranks 97. Before him are William Dobson (1610), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Helen Allingham (1848), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Gerald Scarfe (1936), and Benjamin Wilson (1721). After him are William Beechey (1753), Derek Riggs (1958), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Thomas Baines (1820), William Duesbury (1725), and James Thornhill (1675).
1610 - 1646
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 91
1846 - 1886
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 92
1848 - 1926
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 93
1827 - 1891
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 94
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 95
1721 - 1788
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 96
1878 - 1961
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 97
1753 - 1839
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 98
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 99
1551 - 1619
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 100
1820 - 1875
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 101
1725 - 1786
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 102
1675 - 1734
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 103