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James Thornhill

1675 - 1734

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Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Thornhill has received more than 150,172 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Thornhill is the 1,908th most popular painter (down from 1,663rd in 2019), the 4,649th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,637th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Thornhill ranks 1,908 out of 2,023. Before him are Gerald Scarfe, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Yelena Polenova, Paul Nash, Maksymilian Gierymski, and Albert Pinkham Ryder. After him are William Kentridge, Maja Berezowska, Thalia Flora-Karavia, John Henry Twachtman, Abd al-Samad, and Guity Novin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1675, James Thornhill ranks 13. Before him are Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, William Jones, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Guillaume Delisle, Samuel Clarke, and Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.  Among people deceased in 1734, James Thornhill ranks 15. Before him are Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Johann Conrad Dippel, Domenico Trezzini, Danylo Apostol, Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans, and Gavriil Golovkin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Thornhill ranks 4,649 out of 8,785. Before him are Gerry Hitchens (1934), Keith Levene (1957), Long John Baldry (1941), Joseph Barcroft (1872), Flora Drummond (1878), and Moira Shearer (1926). After him are Les Ferdinand (1966), Emily Davies (1830), Alistair Petrie (1970), Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869), Robert Morris (1734), and Thomas Pennant (1726).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, James Thornhill ranks 108. Before him are Thomas Sully (1783), L. S. Lowry (1887), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Augustus John (1878), Gerald Scarfe (1936), and Paul Nash (1889). After him are Roland Penrose (1900), Luke Fildes (1843), William Beechey (1753), Tracey Emin (1963), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), and John Opie (1761).

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