1628 - 1688
John Bunyan (; baptised 30 November 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. Bunyan came from the village of Elstow, near Bedford. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bunyan has received more than 1,033,738 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). John Bunyan is the 689th most popular writer (down from 639th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 477th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Writer.
John Bunyan is most famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress.
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Among writers, John Bunyan ranks 689 out of 5,794. Before him are Witold Gombrowicz, Theocritus, André Chénier, Pietro Metastasio, Alain-René Lesage, and Suman Pokhrel. After him are Ursula K. Le Guin, Arto Paasilinna, Madame Roland, Pierre Boulle, Matilde Camus, and Sayat-Nova.
1904 - 1969
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 683
315 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 684
1762 - 1794
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 685
1698 - 1782
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 686
1668 - 1747
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 687
1967 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 688
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 689
1929 - 2018
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 690
1942 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 691
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 692
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 693
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 694
1712 - 1795
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 695
Among people born in 1628, John Bunyan ranks 4. Before him are Charles Perrault, Marcello Malpighi, and Jacob van Ruisdael. After him are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Muazzez Sultan, François Girardon, Robert Cambert, and Carlo Cignani. 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, Constantine Phaulkon, Joachim von Sandrart, Philippe Quinault, Abraham Duquesne, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, and Maximilian Henry of Bavaria.
1628 - 1703
HPI: 83.93
Rank: 1
1628 - 1694
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1628 - 1682
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 3
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 4
1628 - 1685
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 5
1628 - 1662
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 6
1628 - 1695
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 7
1628 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 8
1628 - 1715
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 9
1628 - 1677
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 10
1628 - 1719
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1635 - 1688
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 1
1620 - 1688
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 2
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 3
1623 - 1688
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 4
1613 - 1688
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 5
1629 - 1688
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 6
1647 - 1688
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 7
1606 - 1688
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 8
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 9
1610 - 1688
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 10
1610 - 1688
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 11
1621 - 1688
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bunyan ranks 538 out of 6,924. Before him are Edmund Ironside (993), A. S. Neill (1883), Bob Hoskins (1942), Alice Liddell (1852), Tony Scott (1944), and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844). After him are Charles Laughton (1899), Richard Branson (1950), Thomas Chippendale (1718), John Wallis (1616), Charles Dance (1946), and Pope Adrian IV (1100).
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 532
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 533
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 534
1852 - 1934
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 535
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 536
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 537
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 538
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 539
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 540
1718 - 1779
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 541
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 542
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 543
1100 - 1159
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 544
Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Bunyan ranks 68. Before him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Ben Jonson (1572), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), and Daphne du Maurier (1907). After him are Edmund Spenser (1552), Douglas Adams (1952), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Muriel Spark (1918), Tony Buzan (1942), and Frederick Forsyth (1938).
1090 - 1155
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 62
1859 - 1927
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 63
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 64
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 65
1934 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 66
1907 - 1989
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 67
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 68
1552 - 1599
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 69
1952 - 2001
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 70
1757 - 1806
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 71
1918 - 2006
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 72
1942 - 2019
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 73
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 74