1588 - 1649
John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Winthrop has received more than 1,971,749 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Winthrop is the 3,510th most popular writer (down from 3,097th in 2019), the 2,590th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,312th in 2019) and the 300th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, John Winthrop ranks 3,510 out of 5,755. Before him are Butrus al-Bustani, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Antonio Palomino, Daniel Boulanger, Rutka Laskier, and Janet Asimov. After him are Jerzy Giedroyc, Musine Kokalari, Ahmed Rami, Reinhard Bonnke, Roger Vailland, and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.
1819 - 1883
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 3,504
861 - 908
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 3,505
1655 - 1726
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 3,506
1922 - 2014
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 3,507
1929 - 1943
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 3,508
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 3,509
1588 - 1649
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 3,510
1906 - 2000
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 3,511
1917 - 1983
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 3,512
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 3,513
1940 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 3,514
1907 - 1965
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 3,515
1791 - 1863
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 3,516
Among people born in 1588, John Winthrop ranks 18. Before him are Pierre Séguier, Margherita Aldobrandini, Ole Worm, Johann von Aldringen, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, and Jan Janssonius. Among people deceased in 1649, John Winthrop ranks 12. Before him are David Teniers the Elder, Isaac van Ostade, Gerardus Vossius, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Martínez Montañés, and Ustad Ahmad Lahori. After him are Vincenzo Carafa, Vittoria Farnese, Jean de Brébeuf, Susanna Hall, and Richard Crashaw.
1588 - 1672
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 12
1588 - 1646
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 13
1588 - 1654
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 14
1588 - 1634
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 15
1588 - 1672
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 16
1588 - 1664
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 17
1588 - 1649
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 18
1582 - 1649
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 6
1621 - 1649
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 7
1577 - 1649
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 8
1579 - 1649
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 9
1568 - 1649
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 10
1580 - 1649
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 11
1588 - 1649
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 12
1594 - 1649
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 13
1618 - 1649
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 14
1593 - 1649
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 15
1583 - 1649
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 16
1612 - 1649
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Winthrop ranks 2,590 out of 7,765. Before him are Alan Baddeley (1934), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Olivia Williams (1968), Ellen Terry (1847), Simon MacCorkindale (1952), and John Haigh (1909). After him are David Bailey (1938), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Warwick Davis (1970), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Douglas Bader (1910), and Nathaniel Bliss (1700).
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 2,584
1640 - 1660
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 2,585
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 2,586
1847 - 1928
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 2,587
1952 - 2010
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 2,588
1909 - 1949
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 2,589
1588 - 1649
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 2,590
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 2,591
1869 - 1944
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2,592
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2,593
1809 - 1897
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2,594
1910 - 1982
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2,595
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2,596
Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Winthrop ranks 300. Before him are Israel Zangwill (1864), Sue Townsend (1946), John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), and Paul Johnson (1928). After him are Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Frances Burney (1752), Andrew Lang (1844), Anita Brookner (1928), Iain Banks (1954), and John Henry Mackay (1864).
1864 - 1926
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 294
1946 - 2014
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 295
1626 - 1697
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 296
1886 - 1967
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 297
1810 - 1880
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 298
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 299
1588 - 1649
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 300
1843 - 1932
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 301
1752 - 1840
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 302
1844 - 1912
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 303
1928 - 2016
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 304
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 305
1864 - 1933
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 306