1803 - 1873
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Bulwer-Lytton has received more than 865,335 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Edward Bulwer-Lytton is the 5,229th most popular politician (down from 4,675th in 2019), the 1,125th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,040th in 2019) and the 190th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 5,229 out of 15,577. Before him are Marino Faliero, Taksony of Hungary, Hwang Jang-yop, Rexhep Meidani, Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him are Hipólito Yrigoyen, João Figueiredo, Liamine Zéroual, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, and Anne Hidalgo.
1274 - 1355
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5,223
931 - 972
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5,224
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5,225
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5,226
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5,227
1736 - 1798
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 5,228
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 5,229
1852 - 1933
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 5,230
1918 - 1999
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 5,231
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,232
1641 - 1716
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,233
895 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,234
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 5,235
Among people born in 1803, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 17. Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Flora Tristan, James Brooke, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, and Ferenc Deák. After him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, John Ericsson, Joseph Paxton, and Henry Darcy. Among people deceased in 1873, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 17. Before him are Fyodor Tyutchev, Vasil Levski, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Johns Hopkins, Émile Gaboriau, and Louis Agassiz. After him are Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Sheridan Le Fanu, Viktor Hartmann, Jean Chacornac, and José Antonio Páez.
1803 - 1857
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1803 - 1844
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 12
1803 - 1868
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 13
1803 - 1879
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 14
1803 - 1829
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 15
1803 - 1876
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 16
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 17
1803 - 1882
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 18
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 19
1803 - 1892
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 20
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 21
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 22
1803 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 23
1803 - 1873
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 11
1837 - 1873
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 12
1812 - 1873
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 13
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 14
1832 - 1873
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 15
1807 - 1873
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 16
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 17
1807 - 1873
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 18
1800 - 1873
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 19
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 20
1834 - 1873
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 21
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 22
1790 - 1873
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 1,125 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Stirling (1790), Tom Simpson (1937), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Marty Feldman (1934), Joseph Bell (1837), and John Fisher (1469). After him are John Stewart Bell (1928), Rosamund Pike (1979), Idris Elba (1972), George Fox (1624), Antony Flew (1923), and John William Godward (1861).
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,119
1937 - 1967
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,120
1872 - 1966
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,121
1934 - 1982
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,122
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,123
1469 - 1535
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,124
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,125
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,126
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,127
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,128
1624 - 1691
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,129
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,130
1861 - 1922
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,131
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 190. Before him are Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), William the Lion (1142), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), and Arthur Drewry (1891). After him are Francis Walsingham (1532), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), George Canning (1770), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), and Chris Patten (1944).
1852 - 1918
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 184
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 185
1341 - 1402
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 186
1158 - 1186
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 187
1517 - 1559
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 188
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 189
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 190
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 191
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 192
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 193
1770 - 1827
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 194
1375 - 1415
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 195
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 196