1707 - 1754
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling was a seminal work in the genre. Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Fielding has received more than 1,282,253 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Fielding is the 972nd most popular writer (down from 769th in 2019), the 775th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Writer.
Henry Fielding is most famous for his novel Tom Jones, which follows the adventures of an orphan boy.
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Among writers, Henry Fielding ranks 972 out of 5,755. Before him are Stephen Crane, James Brendan Connolly, Donna Leon, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Vittoria Colonna, and Paulinus of Nola. After him are Danilo Kiš, Daniel Keyes, Zeami Motokiyo, Persius, Prudentius, and William Gibson.
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 966
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 967
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 968
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 969
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 970
354 - 431
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 971
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 972
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 973
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 974
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 975
34 - 62
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 976
348 - 413
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 977
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 978
Among people born in 1707, Henry Fielding ranks 7. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Leonhard Euler, Carlo Goldoni, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Louis I of Spain, and Frederick, Prince of Wales. After him are Louis, Duke of Brittany, Louis-Michel van Loo, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, Charles Wesley, and Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Among people deceased in 1754, Henry Fielding ranks 6. Before him are Mahmud I, Christian Wolff, Abraham de Moivre, Ludvig Holberg, and Maria Anna of Austria. After him are Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Jacopo Riccati, Henry Pelham, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Edward Cave, and Nicolai Eigtved.
1707 - 1778
HPI: 87.29
Rank: 1
1707 - 1783
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 2
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 3
1707 - 1788
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1707 - 1724
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 5
1707 - 1751
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 6
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 7
1707 - 1712
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 8
1707 - 1771
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 9
1707 - 1746
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 10
1707 - 1795
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 11
1707 - 1788
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 12
1707 - 1745
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 13
1696 - 1754
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 1
1679 - 1754
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 2
1667 - 1754
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 3
1684 - 1754
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 4
1683 - 1754
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 5
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 6
1683 - 1754
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 7
1676 - 1754
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 8
1694 - 1754
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 9
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 10
1691 - 1754
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 11
1701 - 1754
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Fielding ranks 775 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Spurgeon (1834), Bryan Ferry (1945), James Gregory (1638), E. M. Forster (1879), Charles Laughton (1899), and William Lassell (1799). After him are John of Salisbury (1110), Frederick Fleet (1887), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), James Macpherson (1736), Thomas Tallis (1502), and John Langdon Down (1828).
1834 - 1892
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 769
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 770
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 771
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 772
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 773
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 774
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 775
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 776
1887 - 1965
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 777
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 778
1736 - 1796
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 779
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 780
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 781
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry Fielding ranks 95. Before him are Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Samuel Richardson (1689), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Ben Jonson (1572), John Fowles (1926), and E. M. Forster (1879). After him are John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), James Hadley Chase (1906), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), and Edmund Spenser (1552).
1757 - 1806
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 89
1689 - 1761
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 90
1940 - 1989
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 91
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 92
1926 - 2005
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 93
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 94
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 95
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 96
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 97
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 98
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 99
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 100
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 101