1887 - 1964
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Sitwell has received more than 652,699 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Edith Sitwell is the 4,631st most popular writer (down from 4,371st in 2019), the 3,498th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,340th in 2019) and the 397th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Edith Sitwell ranks 4,631 out of 5,755. Before her are Julie Garwood, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Patrick Rothfuss, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Len Deighton, and Vitaliano Brancati. After her are Philippe Néricault Destouches, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Georg Calixtus, Cynewulf, Erico Verissimo, and Jan Kasprowicz.
1946 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 4,625
1719 - 1796
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 4,626
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 4,627
1923 - 1958
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 4,628
1929 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 4,629
1907 - 1954
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 4,630
1887 - 1964
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 4,631
1680 - 1754
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 4,632
1863 - 1955
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 4,633
1586 - 1656
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,634
900 - 900
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,635
1905 - 1975
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,636
1860 - 1926
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,637
Among people born in 1887, Edith Sitwell ranks 195. Before her are Jamini Roy, Alfonso Calzolari, René Maran, Amadeo García, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Rudolph Lewis. After her are Walter Johnson, Carl Blegen, Rudolph Schindler, Teodor Koskenniemi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, and Charles Reisner. Among people deceased in 1964, Edith Sitwell ranks 143. Before her are Lauge Koch, Henri Grégoire, Eddie Cantor, Lillian Copeland, Eberardo Villalobos, and Felisberto Hernández. After her are John Eke, Paul A. Baran, Axel Norling, Theodore Freeman, Ville Pörhölä, and Hermann Barrelet.
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 189
1887 - 1983
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 190
1887 - 1960
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 191
1887 - 1947
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 192
1887 - 1952
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 193
1887 - 1933
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 194
1887 - 1964
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 195
1887 - 1946
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 196
1887 - 1971
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 197
1887 - 1953
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 198
1887 - 1965
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 199
1887 - 1966
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 200
1887 - 1962
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 201
1892 - 1964
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 137
1881 - 1964
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 138
1892 - 1964
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 139
1904 - 1964
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 140
1908 - 1964
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 141
1902 - 1964
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 142
1887 - 1964
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 143
1886 - 1964
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 144
1909 - 1964
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 145
1884 - 1964
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 146
1930 - 1964
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 147
1897 - 1964
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 148
1879 - 1964
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 149
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Sitwell ranks 3,498 out of 7,765. Before her are Seán Lester (1888), Ben Chaplin (1969), Len Deighton (1929), Trevor Taylor (1936), Robin Milner (1934), and Christopher Cazenove (1943). After her are Jamie Bell (1986), Cilla Black (1943), Cynewulf (900), James Corden (1978), Graham Gouldman (1946), and Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803).
1888 - 1959
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 3,492
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 3,493
1929 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 3,494
1936 - 2010
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 3,495
1934 - 2010
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 3,496
1943 - 2010
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 3,497
1887 - 1964
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 3,498
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 3,499
1943 - 2015
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 3,500
900 - 900
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 3,501
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 3,502
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 3,503
1803 - 1889
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 3,504
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edith Sitwell ranks 397. Before her are Richard Bentley (1662), Brian Lumley (1937), Eleanor Farjeon (1881), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), and Len Deighton (1929). After her are Cynewulf (900), Margery Allingham (1904), John Lyly (1554), Helen Fielding (1958), M. R. James (1862), and Thomas Dekker (1572).
1662 - 1742
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 391
1937 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 392
1881 - 1965
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 393
1836 - 1911
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 394
1900 - 1984
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 395
1929 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 396
1887 - 1964
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 397
900 - 900
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 398
1904 - 1966
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 399
1554 - 1606
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 400
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 401
1862 - 1936
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 402
1572 - 1632
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 403