1871 - 1909
Edmund John Millington Synge (; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. His best known play The Playboy of the Western World was poorly received, due to its bleak ending, depiction of Irish peasants, and idealisation of parricide, leading to hostile audience reactions and riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre, which he had co-founded with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Millington Synge has received more than 650,206 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John Millington Synge is the 2,929th most popular writer (down from 2,613th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 107th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Irish Writer.
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Among writers, John Millington Synge ranks 2,929 out of 5,755. Before him are Jurij Brězan, Dunash ben Labrat, Drago Jančar, Bhalchandra Nemade, Peter Mayle, and Catulle Mendès. After him are Mahmoud Shabestari, Bernard Werber, Géza Gárdonyi, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Philostratus of Lemnos, and Miodrag Bulatović.
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,923
920 - 990
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,924
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,925
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,926
1939 - 2018
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,927
1841 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,928
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,929
1288 - 1340
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,930
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,931
1863 - 1922
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 2,932
1873 - 1957
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 2,933
200 - 230
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 2,934
1930 - 1991
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 2,935
Among people born in 1871, John Millington Synge ranks 81. Before him are Benjamin I of Constantinople, Camille Huysmans, Kōtoku Shūsui, Luigi Sturzo, Lottie Dod, and Gyula Kellner. After him are Emily Carr, Arthur Griffith, Giuseppe Motta, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Ahatanhel Krymsky, and Leonidas Pyrgos. Among people deceased in 1909, John Millington Synge ranks 49. Before him are Walther Ritz, Zhang Zhidong, Charles-Louis Philippe, Karl Krumbacher, Afonso Pena, and Catulle Mendès. After him are Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Futabatei Shimei, Paul Ranson, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Eva Bonnier, and Pascual Cervera y Topete.
1871 - 1946
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 75
1871 - 1968
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 76
1871 - 1911
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 77
1871 - 1959
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 78
1871 - 1960
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 79
1871 - 1940
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 80
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 81
1871 - 1945
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 82
1871 - 1922
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 83
1871 - 1940
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 84
1871 - 1927
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 85
1871 - 1942
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 86
1871 - 2000
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 87
1878 - 1909
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 43
1837 - 1909
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 44
1874 - 1909
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 45
1856 - 1909
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 46
1847 - 1909
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 47
1841 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 48
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 49
1831 - 1909
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 50
1864 - 1909
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 51
1861 - 1909
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 52
1821 - 1909
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 53
1857 - 1909
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 54
1839 - 1909
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 55
Among people born in Ireland, John Millington Synge ranks 122 out of 501. Before him are Richard Kirwan (1733), Paddy Moloney (1938), James Barry (1795), Cornelius Ryan (1920), Liam Cunningham (1961), and Peter Brown (1935). After him are Andrew Graham (1815), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), Roy Keane (1971), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), and Arthur Griffith (1871).
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 116
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 117
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 118
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 119
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 120
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 121
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 122
1815 - 1908
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 123
1919 - 2005
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 124
1737 - 1805
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 125
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 126
1852 - 1924
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 127
1871 - 1922
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 128
Among writers born in Ireland, John Millington Synge ranks 21. Before him are Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Charles Maturin (1780), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Patrick Pearse (1879), John Banville (1945), and Cornelius Ryan (1920). After him are Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Brendan Behan (1923), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Edna O'Brien (1930), Seán O'Casey (1880), and Maeve Binchy (1939).
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 15
1780 - 1824
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 16
1728 - 1774
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 17
1879 - 1916
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 19
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 20
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 21
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 22
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 23
1852 - 1932
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 24
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 25
1880 - 1964
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 26
1939 - 2012
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 27