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John Fletcher

1579 - 1625

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John Fletcher (December 1579 – August 1625) was an English playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; during his lifetime and in the Stuart Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's. Fletcher collaborated in writing plays, chiefly with Francis Beaumont or Philip Massinger, but also with Shakespeare and others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fletcher has received more than 29,337 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). John Fletcher is the 2,891st most popular writer (down from 2,434th in 2019), the 2,129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,869th in 2019) and the 238th most popular British Writer.

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  • 29k

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  • 53.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Fletcher ranks 2,891 out of 7,302. Before him are Tomas Venclova, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Bernardo Atxaga, Antiphanes, Fazil Iskander, and Yūko Tsushima. After him are Tom Stoppard, Francisco Ayala, Huseyn Javid, Léon Daudet, Herman J. Mankiewicz, and Walter Pater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, John Fletcher ranks 9. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada, Frans Snyders, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, and Jens Munk. After him are Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Johannes Meursius, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Chimalpahin, and John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1625, John Fletcher ranks 17. Before him are Mōri Terumoto, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Honoré d'Urfé, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Orlando Gibbons, and Hans Rottenhammer. After him are Enno III, Count of East Frisia, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ubbo Emmius, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Florio, and Thomas Lodge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Fletcher ranks 2,129 out of 8,785. Before him are Dennis Viollet (1933), Stephen Dillane (1957), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), James H. Wilkinson (1919), Charles Boycott (1832), and Anthony Asquith (1902). After him are Arnold Bax (1883), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Walter Pater (1839), John Hannah (1962), John Illsley (1949), and Lady Katherine Grey (1540).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Fletcher ranks 238. Before him are George Herbert (1593), John Webster (1578), Joseph Delaney (1945), Irvine Welsh (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), and Michael Bond (1926). After him are Walter Pater (1839), Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), David Gemmell (1948), Charles Kingsley (1819), and Thomas Otway (1652).

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