1864 - 1941
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period. Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson worked as a lawyer before transitioning into literature, where he quickly gained recognition for capturing the life of the Australian bush. A representative of the Bulletin School of Australian literature, Peterson wrote many of his best known poems for the nationalist journal The Bulletin, including "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Banjo Paterson has received more than 1,087,262 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Banjo Paterson is the 5,665th most popular writer (down from 5,038th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Australia (down from 277th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Australian Writer.
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Among writers, Banjo Paterson ranks 5,665 out of 5,755. Before him are George MacDonald Fraser, Stig Claesson, Frances Power Cobbe, Kåre Holt, Leïla Slimani, and Göran Sonnevi. After him are Arthur Laurents, Greg Daniels, George B. Seitz, Olivier Weber, Satya Vrat Shastri, and Theodore Roethke.
1925 - 2008
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 5,659
1928 - 2008
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 5,660
1822 - 1904
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 5,661
1916 - 1997
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 5,662
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 5,663
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 5,664
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 5,665
1917 - 2011
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 5,666
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 5,667
1888 - 1944
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 5,668
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 5,669
1930 - 2021
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 5,670
1908 - 1963
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 5,671
Among people born in 1864, Banjo Paterson ranks 158. Before him are Charles Marion Russell, Emil Kellenberger, Frank Chapman, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Anna Haava, and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet. After him are Jakob Jakobsen and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1941, Banjo Paterson ranks 176. Before him are Victor Schertzinger, Frank Waller, Kalle Jalkanen, Noël Liétaer, Diederik Korteweg, and Bob Crompton. After him are Franz Bartl, Blind Boy Fuller, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, James Stephenson, Herbert Adamski, and William Gibbs McAdoo.
1864 - 1926
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 152
1864 - 1943
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 153
1864 - 1945
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 154
1864 - 1952
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 155
1864 - 1957
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 156
1864 - 1922
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 157
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 158
1864 - 1918
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 159
1864 - 1944
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 160
1888 - 1941
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 170
1884 - 1941
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 171
1907 - 1941
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 172
1908 - 1941
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 173
1848 - 1941
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 174
1879 - 1941
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 175
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 176
1915 - 1941
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 177
1904 - 1941
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 178
1874 - 1941
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 179
1889 - 1941
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 180
1910 - 1941
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 181
1863 - 1941
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 182
Among people born in Australia, Banjo Paterson ranks 301 out of 925. Before him are Frank Gambale (1958), Josip Šimunić (1978), Arthur Fadden (1894), Paul England (1929), Robert Helpmann (1909), and Gail Chanfreau (1945). After him are Pat Rafter (1972), John Broughton (1952), Rolf Harris (1930), Thomas Blamey (1884), Sullivan Stapleton (1977), and Paul Hawkins (1937).
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 295
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 296
1894 - 1973
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 297
1929 - 2014
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 298
1909 - 1986
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 299
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 300
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 301
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 302
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 303
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 304
1884 - 1951
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 305
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 306
1937 - 1969
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 307
Among writers born in Australia, Banjo Paterson ranks 20. Before him are Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Henry Lawson (1867), and Robert Hughes (1938). After him are Kate Morton (1976), Richard Flanagan (1961), Les Murray (1938), David Malouf (1934), Donna Williams (1963), and Liane Moriarty (1966).
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 15
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 17
1867 - 1922
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 18
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 19
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 20
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 21
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 22
1938 - 2019
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 23
1934 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 24
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 25
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 26