1829 - 1896
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet (UK: MIL-ay, US: mil-AY; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Everett Millais has received more than 1,791,192 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. John Everett Millais is the 231st most popular painter (down from 173rd in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 382nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Painter.
John Everett Millais is most famous for his painting "Ophelia," which is a depiction of the character from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Among painters, John Everett Millais ranks 231 out of 1,421. Before him are Raoul Dufy, Jan Matejko, Ferdinand Hodler, Luca Giordano, Charles-François Daubigny, and Giacomo Balla. After him are Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Lorenzo Lotto, Judith Leyster, Hubert van Eyck, Georges Rouault, and Lucas van Leyden.
1877 - 1953
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 225
1838 - 1893
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 226
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 227
1634 - 1705
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 228
1817 - 1878
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 229
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 230
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 231
1824 - 1898
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 232
1480 - 1556
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 233
1609 - 1660
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 234
1366 - 1426
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 235
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 236
1494 - 1533
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 237
Among people born in 1829, John Everett Millais ranks 7. Before him are Oscar II of Sweden, Geronimo, Levi Strauss, August Kekulé, Anton Rubinstein, and Chester A. Arthur. After him are Asaph Hall, Auguste Beernaert, Philip Sclater, Theodor Billroth, Alfred Brehm, and Anselm Feuerbach. Among people deceased in 1896, John Everett Millais ranks 12. Before him are August Kekulé, William Morris, Hippolyte Fizeau, Otto Lilienthal, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ivar Aasen. After him are H. H. Holmes, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Edmond de Goncourt, José Rizal, Ambroise Thomas, and Louis-Jules Trochu.
1829 - 1907
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 1
1829 - 1909
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 2
1829 - 1902
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 3
1829 - 1896
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 4
1829 - 1894
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 5
1829 - 1886
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 6
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 7
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 8
1829 - 1912
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 9
1829 - 1913
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 11
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 12
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 13
1829 - 1896
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 6
1834 - 1896
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 7
1819 - 1896
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 8
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 9
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 10
1813 - 1896
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 11
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 12
1861 - 1896
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 13
1831 - 1896
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 14
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 15
1861 - 1896
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 16
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 17
1815 - 1896
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Everett Millais ranks 489 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), G. E. Moore (1873), Arthur Eddington (1882), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), and Olivia Newton-John (1948). After him are John Bunyan (1628), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Daphne du Maurier (1907), John Couch Adams (1819), John Bonham (1948), and Betty Williams (1943).
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 483
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 484
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 485
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 486
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 487
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 488
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 489
1628 - 1688
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 490
1660 - 1744
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 491
1907 - 1989
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 492
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 493
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 494
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 495
Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Everett Millais ranks 6. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), John Constable (1776), William Hogarth (1697), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), and Joshua Reynolds (1723). After him are Louis Wain (1860), Leonora Carrington (1917), Richard Hamilton (1922), William Holman Hunt (1827), Frederic Leighton (1830), and John Tenniel (1820).
1775 - 1851
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 1
1776 - 1837
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 2
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 3
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 4
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 5
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 6
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 7
1917 - 2011
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 8
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 9
1827 - 1910
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 10
1830 - 1896
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 11
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 12