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John Bunyan

1628 - 1688

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John Bunyan (; 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bunyan has received more than 1,715,016 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Bunyan is the 619th most popular writer (up from 689th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 537th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Writer.

John Bunyan is most famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress.

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

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  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Bunyan ranks 619 out of 5,755. Before him are Karl Kraus, Ivan Krylov, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Maurice Blanchot, and Sin Saimdang. After him are Daphne du Maurier, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Georg Büchner, and Robert Ludlum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, John Bunyan ranks 4. Before him are Charles Perrault, Marcello Malpighi, and Jacob van Ruisdael. After him are Muazzez Sultan, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, François Girardon, Lucrezia Barberini, and Robert Cambert. Among people deceased in 1688, John Bunyan ranks 3. Before him are Henry Morgan and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Ferdinand Verbiest, Claude Perrault, Narai, Joachim von Sandrart, Philippe Quinault, Constantine Phaulkon, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, and François Bernier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bunyan ranks 490 out of 7,765. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), G. E. Moore (1873), Arthur Eddington (1882), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), Olivia Newton-John (1948), and John Everett Millais (1829). After him are Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Daphne du Maurier (1907), John Couch Adams (1819), John Bonham (1948), Betty Williams (1943), and Ronnie Wood (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Bunyan ranks 58. Before him are Percy Fawcett (1867), Philip Larkin (1922), Samuel Butler (1835), Samuel Johnson (1709), John Donne (1572), and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772). After him are Daphne du Maurier (1907), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Oliver Sacks (1933), Walter Raleigh (1554), and Thomas Hardy (1840).

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