1806 - 1861
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; ; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from the age of eleven. Her mother's collection of her poems forms one of the largest extant collections of juvenilia by any English writer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Barrett Browning has received more than 1,883,136 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Elizabeth Barrett Browning is the 2,003rd most popular writer (up from 2,257th in 2019), the 1,554th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,655th in 2019) and the 177th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Elizabeth Barrett Browning ranks 2,003 out of 5,794. Before her are José Zorrilla, Silva Kaputikyan, Anne Perry, Juan del Encina, Jørgen Moe, and Nora Ephron. After her are Champfleury, Ludwig Uhland, Ryū Murakami, Maria Konopnicka, Roger Peyrefitte, and Magnús Scheving.
1817 - 1893
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,997
1919 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,998
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,999
1468 - 1529
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 2,000
1813 - 1882
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 2,001
1941 - 2012
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 2,002
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 2,003
1821 - 1889
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 2,004
1787 - 1862
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2,005
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2,006
1842 - 1910
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2,007
1907 - 2000
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2,008
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2,009
Among people born in 1806, Elizabeth Barrett Browning ranks 25. Before her are Duchenne de Boulogne, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Antoine Wiertz, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, and Karl Friedrich Mohr. After her are John A. Roebling, Giacomo Antonelli, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Lionel Kieseritzky, Stand Watie, and Michel Chevalier. Among people deceased in 1861, Elizabeth Barrett Browning ranks 27. Before her are Teréz Brunszvik, Heinrich Marschner, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Jonas Furrer, and Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire. After her are Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Henri Mouhot, John Stevens Henslow, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Pierre Berthier, and Eugène de Mazenod.
1806 - 1875
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 19
1806 - 1881
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 20
1806 - 1893
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 21
1806 - 1865
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 22
1806 - 1886
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 23
1806 - 1879
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 24
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 25
1806 - 1869
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 26
1806 - 1876
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 27
1806 - 1856
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 28
1806 - 1853
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 29
1806 - 1871
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 30
1806 - 1879
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 31
1775 - 1861
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 21
1795 - 1861
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 22
1834 - 1861
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 23
1805 - 1861
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 24
1805 - 1861
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 25
1802 - 1861
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 26
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 27
1836 - 1861
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 28
1826 - 1861
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 29
1796 - 1861
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 30
1777 - 1861
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 31
1782 - 1861
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 32
1782 - 1861
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Barrett Browning ranks 1,554 out of 6,924. Before her are Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), John Loudon McAdam (1756), Louis Wain (1860), Anne Perry (1938), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), and Michael Sheen (1969). After her are Edward Vernon (1684), James McAvoy (1979), Peter Bonetti (1941), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Alan Shearer (1970), and Catherine Ashton (1956).
1862 - 1933
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,548
1756 - 1836
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,549
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,550
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,551
1473 - 1554
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,552
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,553
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,554
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,555
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,556
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,557
1869 - 1952
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 1,558
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,559
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,560
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Barrett Browning ranks 177. Before her are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Richard Aldington (1892), Thomas Kyd (1558), Kingsley Amis (1922), Tom Sharpe (1928), and Anne Perry (1938). After her are Matthew Arnold (1822), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), John Fletcher (1579), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and Terry Eagleton (1943).
1838 - 1926
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 171
1892 - 1962
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 172
1558 - 1594
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 173
1922 - 1995
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 174
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 175
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 176
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 177
1822 - 1888
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 178
1829 - 1862
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 179
1579 - 1625
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 180
1647 - 1680
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 181
1928 - 2010
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 182
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 183