Writer
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
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Jane Austen
Her biography is available in 138 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 136 in 2024). Jane Austen is the 126th most popular writer (down from 47th in 2024), the 103rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 35th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Writer.
Jane Austen is most famous for her novels, such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Jane Austen ranks 126 out of 7,302. Before her are Ismail I, Mario Vargas Llosa, Federico García Lorca, Muhammad Iqbal, Ivo Andrić, and Naguib Mahfouz. After her are Ammianus Marcellinus, Apuleius, Sully Prudhomme, Jean de La Fontaine, Ezra Pound, and François Villon.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Ismail I
1487 - 1524
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 120
Mario Vargas Llosa
1936 - 2025
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 121
Federico García Lorca
1898 - 1936
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 122
Muhammad Iqbal
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 123
Ivo Andrić
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 124
Naguib Mahfouz
1911 - 2006
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 125
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 126
Ammianus Marcellinus
330 - 395
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 127
Apuleius
125 - 170
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 128
Sully Prudhomme
1839 - 1907
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 129
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 - 1695
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 130
Ezra Pound
1885 - 1972
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 131
François Villon
1431 - 1463
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 132
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1775, Jane Austen ranks 2. Before her is André-Marie Ampère. After her are Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Bahadur Shah Zafar, J. M. W. Turner, Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, and François-Adrien Boieldieu. Among people deceased in 1817, Jane Austen ranks 1. After her are Princess Charlotte of Wales, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, Charles Messier, André Masséna, Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.
Others Born in 1775
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André-Marie Ampère
PHYSICIST
1775 - 1836
HPI: 84.30
Rank: 1
Jane Austen
WRITER
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
PHILOSOPHER
1775 - 1854
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 3
Bahadur Shah Zafar
POLITICIAN
1775 - 1862
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 4
J. M. W. Turner
PAINTER
1775 - 1851
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 5
Ching Shih
PIRATE
1775 - 1844
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 6
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
NOBLEMAN
1775 - 1844
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 7
Lucien Bonaparte
DIPLOMAT
1775 - 1840
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 8
Eugène François Vidocq
INSPIRATION
1775 - 1857
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 9
Carlota Joaquina of Spain
NOBLEMAN
1775 - 1830
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
Matthew Lewis
WRITER
1775 - 1818
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 11
François-Adrien Boieldieu
COMPOSER
1775 - 1834
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1817
Go to all RankingsJane Austen
WRITER
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 1
Princess Charlotte of Wales
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1817
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 2
Tadeusz Kościuszko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1746 - 1817
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 3
Germaine de Staël
WRITER
1766 - 1817
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 4
Charles Messier
ASTRONOMER
1730 - 1817
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 5
André Masséna
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1758 - 1817
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 6
Karađorđe
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1817
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 7
Marie Walewska
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1817
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 8
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
CHEMIST
1743 - 1817
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 9
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
BIOLOGIST
1727 - 1817
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 10
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
WRITER
1784 - 1817
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 11
Duke Louis of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1756 - 1817
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Austen ranks 103 out of NaN. Before her are Sean Connery (1930), Edward Jenner (1749), William Wallace (1270), Oliver Cromwell (1599), John Dee (1527), and Alex Ferguson (1941). After her are Edward Heath (1916), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) (1556), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and Edgar the Peaceful (943).
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Sean Connery
ACTOR
1930 - 2020
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 97
Edward Jenner
PHYSICIAN
1749 - 1823
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 98
William Wallace
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1270 - 1305
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 99
Oliver Cromwell
POLITICIAN
1599 - 1658
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 100
John Dee
OCCULTIST
1527 - 1608
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 101
Alex Ferguson
COACH
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 102
Jane Austen
WRITER
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 103
Edward Heath
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2005
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 104
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1941
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 105
Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)
COMPANION
1556 - 1623
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 106
Elizabeth Taylor
ACTOR
1932 - 2011
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 107
Robert Falcon Scott
EXPLORER
1868 - 1912
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 108
Edgar the Peaceful
POLITICIAN
943 - 975
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 109
Among Writers In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jane Austen ranks 11. Before her are Thomas Hardy (1840), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Lord Byron (1788), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), and Virginia Woolf (1882). After her are Lewis Carroll (1832), Emily Brontë (1818), Mary Shelley (1797), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), and Walter Scott (1771).
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 5
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 6
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 7
D. H. Lawrence
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 8
Daniel Defoe
1660 - 1731
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 9
Virginia Woolf
1882 - 1941
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 10
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 11
Lewis Carroll
1832 - 1898
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 12
Emily Brontë
1818 - 1848
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 13
Mary Shelley
1797 - 1851
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 14
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806 - 1861
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 15
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 - 1894
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 16
Walter Scott
1771 - 1832
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 17
