1878 - 1957
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays. He gained a name in the 1910s as a great writer in the English-speaking world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany has received more than 429,082 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany is the 2,314th most popular writer (down from 1,730th in 2019), the 1,782nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,349th in 2019) and the 200th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 2,314 out of 5,755. Before him are Orderic Vitalis, Ueda Akinari, Simon Dach, Mahsati, Johann Nestroy, and Li Shangyin. After him are Johann Froben, Terentianus, Jacob Cats, Ahmad Shamlou, Berthold Auerbach, and Alexandra Ripley.
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,308
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,309
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 2,310
1089 - 1181
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,311
1801 - 1862
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,312
813 - 858
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,313
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,314
1460 - 1527
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,315
150 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,316
1577 - 1660
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,317
1925 - 2000
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,318
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,319
1934 - 2004
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 2,320
Among people born in 1878, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 81. Before him are Jorge Ubico, Myer Prinstein, Edward Kasner, Zabel Yesayan, José Miaja, and Paul Hazard. After him are Grigory Petrovsky, Maurice René Fréchet, J. F. C. Fuller, Alexander Tamanian, Charles Joughin, and Michel Théato. Among people deceased in 1957, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 88. Before him are Charles Pathé, Albert Anastasia, Sholem Asch, Umberto Saba, Paul Walden, and Wilhelm Filchner. After him are Georges Hébert, Eugène Schueller, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Joseph Canteloube, Bertha Krupp, and Halil Kut.
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 75
1878 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 76
1878 - 1955
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 77
1878 - 1943
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 78
1878 - 1958
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 79
1878 - 1944
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 80
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 81
1878 - 1958
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 82
1878 - 1973
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 83
1878 - 1966
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 84
1878 - 1936
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 85
1878 - 1956
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 86
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 87
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 82
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 83
1880 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 84
1883 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 85
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 86
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 87
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 88
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 89
1881 - 1957
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 90
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 91
1879 - 1957
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 92
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 93
1882 - 1957
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 94
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 1,782 out of 7,765. Before him are Keith Flint (1969), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Tom Felton (1987), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Sandie Shaw (1947), and Roland Joffé (1945). After him are Andrew Wakefield (1957), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Luke Evans (1979), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Arthur Rostron (1869), and Nicolas Roeg (1928).
1969 - 2019
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,776
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,777
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,778
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,779
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,780
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,781
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,782
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,783
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,784
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,785
1751 - 1814
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,786
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,787
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,788
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 200. Before him are John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Rebecca West (1892), William Beckford (1760), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), George Whitefield (1714), and Orderic Vitalis (1075). After him are James Boswell (1740), Clive Barker (1952), Michael Jackson (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), John Webster (1578), and Hamnet Shakespeare (1585).
1647 - 1680
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 194
1892 - 1983
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 195
1760 - 1844
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 196
1868 - 1956
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 197
1714 - 1770
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 198
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 199
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 200
1740 - 1795
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 201
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 202
1942 - 2007
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 203
1928 - 2010
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 204
1578 - 1634
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 205
1585 - 1596
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 206