1564 - 1593
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Marlowe has received more than 5,151,506 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Christopher Marlowe is the 437th most popular writer (down from 312th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 239th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Writer.
Christopher Marlowe is most famous for his plays, especially Dr. Faustus and The Jew of Malta. He is also known for his translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Lucan's Pharsalia.
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Among writers, Christopher Marlowe ranks 437 out of 5,755. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy, Louisa May Alcott, Traudl Junge, Yunus Emre, Tennessee Williams, and Patrick Modiano. After him are Enid Blyton, Frantz Fanon, Mika Waltari, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Comte de Lautréamont, and Seneca the Elder.
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 431
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 432
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 433
1240 - 1321
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 434
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 435
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 436
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 437
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 438
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 439
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 440
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 441
1846 - 1870
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 442
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 443
Among people born in 1564, Christopher Marlowe ranks 4. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger. After him are William Adams, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Ahmad Sirhindi, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Joos de Momper. Among people deceased in 1593, Christopher Marlowe ranks 2. Before him is Giuseppe Arcimboldo. After him are Emperor Ōgimachi, Li Shizhen, Juan de Herrera, Jacques Amyot, Symon Budny, Maciej Stryjkowski, Xu Wei, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, and Abd al-Samad.
1564 - 1642
HPI: 94.55
Rank: 1
1564 - 1616
HPI: 90.88
Rank: 2
1564 - 1636
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 3
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 4
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 5
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 7
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 8
1564 - 1644
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 9
1564 - 1612
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 10
1564 - 1613
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 11
1564 - 1635
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 12
1526 - 1593
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 1
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 2
1517 - 1593
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3
1517 - 1593
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 4
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 5
1513 - 1593
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 6
1530 - 1593
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 7
1547 - 1593
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 8
1521 - 1593
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 9
1554 - 1593
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 10
1500 - 1593
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 11
Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Marlowe ranks 338 out of 7,765. Before him are Gertrude Bell (1868), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), Rod Stewart (1945), Henry Moseley (1887), and William Hogarth (1697). After him are Enid Blyton (1897), Vivienne Westwood (1941), Ian Gillan (1945), Marie of Romania (1875), Tristan (535), and Anne Hathaway (1556).
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 332
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 333
1682 - 1722
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 334
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 335
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 336
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 337
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 338
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 339
1941 - 2022
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 340
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 341
1875 - 1938
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 342
535 - 585
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 343
1556 - 1623
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 344
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Marlowe ranks 39. Before him are Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), William Wordsworth (1770), Ken Follett (1949), George Eliot (1819), G. K. Chesterton (1874), and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828). After him are Enid Blyton (1897), Thomas Paine (1737), John Galsworthy (1867), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), D. H. Lawrence (1885), and Harold Pinter (1930).
1619 - 1655
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 33
1770 - 1850
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 34
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 35
1819 - 1880
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 36
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 37
1828 - 1882
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 38
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 39
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