1856 - 1950
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Bernard Shaw has received more than 6,718,736 page views. His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 110 in 2019). George Bernard Shaw is the 88th most popular writer (down from 73rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Writer.
George Bernard Shaw is most famous for his plays, which include "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan."
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Among writers, George Bernard Shaw ranks 88 out of 5,794. Before him are Milan Kundera, Jonathan Swift, Knut Hamsun, James Joyce, Octave Mirbeau, and Robert Frost. After him are François Rabelais, Astrid Lindgren, Toni Morrison, Charles Bukowski, Heinrich Heine, and Cato the Elder.
1929 - Present
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 82
1667 - 1745
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 83
1859 - 1952
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 84
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 85
1848 - 1917
HPI: 83.53
Rank: 86
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 87
1856 - 1950
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 88
1494 - 1553
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 89
1907 - 2002
HPI: 83.11
Rank: 90
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 91
1920 - 1994
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 92
1797 - 1856
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 93
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 82.86
Rank: 94
Among people born in 1856, George Bernard Shaw ranks 3. Before him are Sigmund Freud and Nikola Tesla. After him are Philippe Pétain, J. J. Thomson, Woodrow Wilson, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Robert Peary, Emil Kraepelin, and Napoléon, Prince Imperial. Among people deceased in 1950, George Bernard Shaw ranks 2. Before him is George Orwell. After him are Joseph Schumpeter, Gustaf V of Sweden, Vaslav Nijinsky, Heinrich Mann, Willis Carrier, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Johannes V. Jensen, Marcel Mauss, and Vallabhbhai Patel.
1856 - 1939
HPI: 93.67
Rank: 1
1856 - 1943
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 2
1856 - 1950
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 3
1856 - 1951
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 4
1856 - 1940
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 5
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 8
1856 - 1932
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 9
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 10
1856 - 1926
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 11
1856 - 1879
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 12
1903 - 1950
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 1
1856 - 1950
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 2
1883 - 1950
HPI: 79.70
Rank: 3
1858 - 1950
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 4
1889 - 1950
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 5
1871 - 1950
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 6
1876 - 1950
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 7
1870 - 1950
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 8
1875 - 1950
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 9
1873 - 1950
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 10
1872 - 1950
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 11
1875 - 1950
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 12
Among people born in Ireland, George Bernard Shaw ranks 4 out of 460. Before him are Oscar Wilde (1854), Jonathan Swift (1667), and James Joyce (1882). After him are George Berkeley (1685), Robert Boyle (1627), Samuel Beckett (1906), Michael Gambon (1940), Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), Francis Bacon (1909), and Peter O'Toole (1932).
1854 - 1900
HPI: 85.81
Rank: 1
1667 - 1745
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 2
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 3
1856 - 1950
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 4
1685 - 1753
HPI: 82.67
Rank: 5
1627 - 1691
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 6
1906 - 1989
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 7
1940 - Present
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 8
1847 - 1912
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 9
1729 - 1797
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 10
1909 - 1992
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 11
1932 - 2013
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Ireland, George Bernard Shaw ranks 4. Before him are Oscar Wilde (1854), Jonathan Swift (1667), and James Joyce (1882). After him are Samuel Beckett (1906), Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Laurence Sterne (1713), Iris Murdoch (1919), Joseph Murphy (1898), Ethel Voynich (1864), and Saint Gall (550).
1854 - 1900
HPI: 85.81
Rank: 1
1667 - 1745
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 2
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 3
1856 - 1950
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 4
1906 - 1989
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 5
1847 - 1912
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 6
1865 - 1939
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 7
1713 - 1768
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 8
1919 - 1999
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 9
1898 - 1981
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 10
1864 - 1960
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 11
550 - 645
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 12