1837 - 1915
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a British lexicographer and philologist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Murray has received more than 268,716 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). James Murray is the 1,427th most popular writer (down from 1,360th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,067th in 2019) and the 126th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, James Murray ranks 1,427 out of 5,755. Before him are Joseph Needham, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Blaise de Vigenère, and Léo Taxil. After him are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Paul Rée, Maurice Barrès, Sima Xiangru, Arnold van Gennep, and Dositej Obradović.
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,421
1798 - 1874
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,422
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,423
912 - 966
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,424
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,425
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,426
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,427
1825 - 1895
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,428
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,429
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,430
179 BC - 117 BC
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,431
1873 - 1957
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,432
1742 - 1811
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,433
Among people born in 1837, James Murray ranks 32. Before him are Émile Waldteufel, Pierre Auguste Cot, Vasily Radlov, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Joseph Bell, and Édouard Stephan. After him are Ion Creangă, Wild Bill Hickok, Abraham Kuyper, Arnold Janssen, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1915, James Murray ranks 22. Before him are Sergei Taneyev, Émile Waldteufel, Edith Cavell, Saitō Hajime, Arthur Auwers, and Anna Leonowens. After him are Julius von Payer, Konstantin Makovsky, Anton von Werner, Remy de Gourmont, Karl Goldmark, and François Faber.
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 26
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 27
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 28
1837 - 1899
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 29
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 30
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 31
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 32
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 33
1837 - 1876
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 34
1837 - 1920
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 35
1837 - 1909
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 36
1837 - 1881
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 37
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 38
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 16
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 17
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 19
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 20
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 21
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 22
1841 - 1915
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 23
1839 - 1915
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 24
1843 - 1915
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 25
1858 - 1915
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 26
1830 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 27
1887 - 1915
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 28
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Murray ranks 1,140 out of 7,765. Before him are Ian Anderson (1947), Joseph Needham (1900), Francis Walsingham (1532), Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), and Angus Deaton (1945). After him are Simon Pegg (1970), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Joseph Banks (1743), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Adelard of Bath (1075), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861).
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,134
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,135
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,136
852 - 902
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,137
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,139
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,140
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,141
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,142
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,143
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,144
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,145
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,146
Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Murray ranks 126. Before him are Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), Robert Faurisson (1929), Robert Browning (1812), and Joseph Needham (1900). After him are Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), Michael Moorcock (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Lee Child (1954), and P. D. James (1920).
1870 - 1945
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 120
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 121
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 122
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 123
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 124
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 125
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 126
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 127
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 128
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 129
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 130
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 131
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 132