1572 - 1637
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Jonson has received more than 1,838,829 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Ben Jonson is the 656th most popular writer (down from 552nd in 2019), the 508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 397th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Writer.
Ben Jonson is most famous for his plays, such as "Every Man in His Humour" and "The Alchemist."
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Among writers, Ben Jonson ranks 656 out of 5,794. Before him are Jin Yong, Christopher Tolkien, Hermann Broch, Sven Hassel, Giambattista Basile, and Dashiell Hammett. After him are Bernart de Ventadorn, Dimitrie Cantemir, Diana Wynne Jones, Periander, Stephen Covey, and Irène Némirovsky.
1924 - 2018
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 650
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 651
1886 - 1951
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 652
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 653
1566 - 1632
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 654
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 655
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 656
1135 - 1190
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 657
1673 - 1723
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 658
1934 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 659
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 660
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 661
1903 - 1942
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 662
Among people born in 1572, Ben Jonson ranks 4. Before him are John Donne, Johann Bayer, and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Cornelis Drebbel, Sigismund Báthory, Cyril Lucaris, Jane Frances de Chantal, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Izumo no Okuni, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Marie Elisabeth of France. Among people deceased in 1637, Ben Jonson ranks 2. Before him is Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Christina of Lorraine, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Robert Fludd, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Isaac Beeckman, Péter Pázmány, Pierre Vernier, and Lorenzo Ruiz.
1572 - 1631
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 1
1572 - 1625
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 2
1572 - 1619
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 3
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 4
1572 - 1633
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 5
1572 - 1613
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 6
1572 - 1638
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 7
1572 - 1641
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 8
1572 - 1632
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 9
1572 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 10
1572 - 1632
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 11
1572 - 1578
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 12
1578 - 1637
HPI: 82.25
Rank: 1
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 2
1587 - 1637
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 3
1565 - 1637
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 4
1580 - 1637
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 5
1580 - 1637
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 6
1574 - 1637
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 7
1602 - 1637
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 8
1588 - 1637
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 9
1570 - 1637
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 10
1580 - 1637
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 11
1600 - 1637
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Jonson ranks 508 out of 6,924. Before him are Eadred (923), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Christopher Nolan (1970), and George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859). After him are Peter Gabriel (1950), John Barry (1933), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Daniel Craig (1968), Frank Williams (1942), and Maud of Wales (1869).
923 - 955
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 502
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 503
1596 - 1662
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 504
1020 - 1076
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 505
1970 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 506
1859 - 1925
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 507
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 508
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 509
1933 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 510
1934 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 511
1968 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 512
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 513
1869 - 1938
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 514
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ben Jonson ranks 65. Before him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Anthony Burgess (1917), John le Carré (1931), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), and Christopher Tolkien (1924). After him are Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Daphne du Maurier (1907), John Bunyan (1628), Edmund Spenser (1552), Douglas Adams (1952), and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757).
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
1907 - 1989
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 67
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 68
1552 - 1599
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 69
1952 - 2001
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 70
1757 - 1806
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 71