1593 - 1683
Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Izaak Walton has received more than 446,017 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Izaak Walton is the 5,151st most popular writer (down from 4,533rd in 2019), the 4,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,503rd in 2019) and the 454th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Izaak Walton ranks 5,151 out of 5,755. Before him are Arvid August Afzelius, Patrick Chamoiseau, Gay Talese, Tim Powers, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, and Fang Fang. After him are Frederick Rolfe, Can Dündar, Henry van Dyke Jr., Christopher Paolini, Kazimierz Brandys, and Alison Lurie.
1785 - 1871
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 5,145
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 5,146
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 5,147
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 5,148
1894 - 1940
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 5,149
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 5,150
1593 - 1683
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 5,151
1860 - 1913
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 5,152
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 5,153
1852 - 1933
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 5,154
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 5,155
1916 - 2000
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 5,156
1926 - 2020
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 5,157
Among people born in 1593, Izaak Walton ranks 16. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jean de Brébeuf, and Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. Among people deceased in 1683, Izaak Walton ranks 16. Before him are Jacob Stainer, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Juraj Križanić, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, John Owen, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. After him are Robert Morison and Algernon Sidney.
1593 - 1629
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 10
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 11
1593 - 1633
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 12
1593 - 1677
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 13
1593 - 1649
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 14
1593 - 1641
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 15
1593 - 1683
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 16
1619 - 1683
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 10
1623 - 1683
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 11
1618 - 1683
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 12
1627 - 1683
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 13
1616 - 1683
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 14
1621 - 1683
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 15
1593 - 1683
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 16
1620 - 1683
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 17
1623 - 1683
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, Izaak Walton ranks 4,052 out of 7,765. Before him are Billy Hughes (1862), Hereward the Wake (1035), Jack Straw (1946), Ian McElhinney (1948), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), and James D'Arcy (1975). After him are Celia Johnson (1908), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), Charles Blagden (1748), Brian Henton (1946), and Alec B. Francis (1867).
1862 - 1952
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 4,046
1035 - 1072
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 4,047
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 4,048
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 4,049
1892 - 1988
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 4,050
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 4,051
1593 - 1683
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 4,052
1908 - 1982
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 4,053
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 4,054
1868 - 1946
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 4,055
1748 - 1820
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 4,056
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 4,057
1867 - 1934
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 4,058
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Izaak Walton ranks 454. Before him are Richard Llewellyn (1906), Richard K. Morgan (1965), Susan Blackmore (1951), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Michael Frayn (1933), and Alan Woods (1944). After him are Frederick Rolfe (1860), Bruno Heller (1960), Roger Ascham (1515), Gilbert Adair (1944), Charles Allston Collins (1828), and John Clare (1793).
1906 - 1983
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 448
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 449
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 450
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 451
1933 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 452
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 453
1593 - 1683
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 454
1860 - 1913
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 455
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 456
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 457
1944 - 2011
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 458
1828 - 1873
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 459
1793 - 1864
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 460