1867 - 1922
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer".A vocal nationalist and republican, Lawson regularly contributed to The Bulletin, and many of his works helped popularise the Australian vernacular in fiction. He wrote prolifically into the 1890s, after which his output declined, in part due to struggles with alcoholism and mental illness. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Lawson has received more than 586,855 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Henry Lawson is the 5,613th most popular writer (down from 4,866th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Australia (down from 237th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Australian Writer.
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Among writers, Henry Lawson ranks 5,613 out of 5,755. Before him are Alyson Noël, Alain LeRoy Locke, Booth Tarkington, David Halberstam, Kristina Brenk, and Ahmad NikTalab. After him are Paulina Chiziane, Ravindra Prabhat, Madeline Miller, Marina Lewycka, Leszek Engelking, and John Skelton.
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 5,607
1885 - 1954
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 5,608
1869 - 1946
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 5,609
1934 - 2007
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 5,610
1911 - 2009
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 5,611
1934 - 2020
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 5,612
1867 - 1922
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 5,613
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 5,614
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 5,615
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 5,616
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 5,617
1955 - 2022
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 5,618
1460 - 1529
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 5,619
Among people born in 1867, Henry Lawson ranks 132. Before him are René Boylesve, Victor Thibault, William Lashly, George William Russell, Lillian Wald, and Ernest Dowson. After him are Anders Peter Nielsen, Edith Hamilton, A. E. Douglass, Wilberforce Eaves, Flora Finch, and Arthur Streeton. Among people deceased in 1922, Henry Lawson ranks 118. Before him are John Munro Longyear, Cathal Brugha, Pál Simon, Lyman Abbott, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Liberato Marcial Rojas. After him are Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, Tullio Bozza, Erskine Childers, Lillian Russell, and John Butler Yeats.
1867 - 1926
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 126
1867 - 1901
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 127
1867 - 1940
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 128
1867 - 1935
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 129
1867 - 1940
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 130
1867 - 1900
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 131
1867 - 1922
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 132
1867 - 1950
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 133
1867 - 1963
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 134
1867 - 1962
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 135
1867 - 1920
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 136
1867 - 1940
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 137
1867 - 1943
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 138
1850 - 1922
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 112
1874 - 1922
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 113
1881 - 1922
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 114
1835 - 1922
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 115
1865 - 1922
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 116
1870 - 1922
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 117
1867 - 1922
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 118
1864 - 1922
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 119
1891 - 1922
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 120
1870 - 1922
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 121
1860 - 1922
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 122
1839 - 1922
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 123
Among people born in Australia, Henry Lawson ranks 284 out of 925. Before him are Dustin Clare (1982), Danny Clark (1951), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Zeljko Kalac (1972), Barry Otto (1941), and Viva Bianca (1983). After him are Cody Fern (1988), Ben Chifley (1885), Harry Cobby (1894), Lionel Cox (1930), Esna Boyd (1899), and Kim So-hyun (1999).
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 278
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 279
1956 - 2015
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 280
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 281
1941 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 282
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 283
1867 - 1922
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 284
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 285
1885 - 1951
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 286
1894 - 1955
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 287
1930 - 2010
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 288
1899 - 1966
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 289
1999 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 290
Among writers born in Australia, Henry Lawson ranks 18. Before him are Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), and Patricia Wrightson (1921). After him are Robert Hughes (1938), Banjo Paterson (1864), Kate Morton (1976), Richard Flanagan (1961), Les Murray (1938), and David Malouf (1934).
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 13
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 15
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 17
1867 - 1922
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 18
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 19
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 20
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 21
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 22
1938 - 2019
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 23
1934 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 24