1550 - 1604
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604), was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, but his volatile temperament precluded him from attaining any courtly or governmental responsibility and contributed to the dissipation of his estate. Edward de Vere was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and Margery Golding. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford has received more than 1,049,171 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford is the 2,111th most popular politician (up from 2,484th in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 600th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Politician.
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford is most famous for being the true author of Shakespeare's plays.
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Among politicians, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 2,111 out of 15,577. Before him are Albert, King of Sweden, Herennius Etruscus, Eadwig, Joseph McCarthy, Maria Mandl, and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Senusret II, Omar Bongo, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Tomoe Gozen, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Guillermo Lasso.
1340 - 1412
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,105
220 - 251
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,106
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,107
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,108
1912 - 1948
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 2,109
1490 - 1527
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 2,110
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 2,111
1900 BC - 1879 BC
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 2,112
1935 - 2009
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 2,113
1838 - 1894
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 2,114
1157 - 1247
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 2,115
1817 - 1905
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 2,116
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 2,117
Among people born in 1550, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 8. Before him are Charles IX of France, John Napier, Willem Barentsz, Charles IX of Sweden, Henry I, Duke of Guise, and Camillus de Lellis. After him are Jang-geum, John Davis, Karin Månsdotter, Stanislaus Kostka, Jacobus Gallus, and Do-Aklin. Among people deceased in 1604, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 1. After him are Catherine de Bourbon, Fausto Sozzini, Claudio Merulo, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Isabella Andreini, Christine of Hesse, Juan Fernández, Hamida Banu Begum, and Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg.
1550 - 1574
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 2
1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 3
1550 - 1597
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 4
1550 - 1611
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 5
1550 - 1588
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 6
1550 - 1614
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 7
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 8
1550 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 9
1550 - 1605
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 10
1550 - 1612
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 11
1550 - 1568
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 12
1550 - 1591
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 13
1550 - 1700
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 14
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 1
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 2
1539 - 1604
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 3
1533 - 1604
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 4
1562 - 1604
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 5
1550 - 1604
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 6
1517 - 1604
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 7
1562 - 1604
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 8
1543 - 1604
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 9
1536 - 1604
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10
1527 - 1604
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 11
1537 - 1604
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 483 out of 7,765. Before him are John Cleese (1939), Peter Brook (1925), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Arthur Balfour (1848), Thomas Wolsey (1473), and Eadwig (940). After him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), G. E. Moore (1873), Arthur Eddington (1882), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), Olivia Newton-John (1948), and John Everett Millais (1829).
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 477
1925 - 2022
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 478
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 479
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 480
1473 - 1530
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 481
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 482
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 483
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 484
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 485
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 486
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 487
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 488
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 489
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 90. Before him are James Callaghan (1912), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Edmund Ironside (993), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Arthur Balfour (1848), and Eadwig (940). After him are Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592).
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 84
1473 - 1483
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 85
993 - 1016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 86
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 87
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 88
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 89
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 90
1660 - 1744
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 91
1779 - 1848
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 92
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 93
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 94
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 95
1592 - 1628
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 96