1723 - 1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting, which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joshua Reynolds has received more than 1,018,000 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Joshua Reynolds is the 217th most popular painter (down from 183rd in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 399th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Painter.
Joshua Reynolds is most famous for his portraits of the English aristocracy.
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Among painters, Joshua Reynolds ranks 217 out of 1,421. Before him are Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Pinturicchio, Joaquín Sorolla, Lorenzo di Credi, Gerard van Honthorst, and H. R. Giger. After him are Sonia Delaunay, Andrea Pozzo, George Grosz, Aristide Maillol, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, and Bernardo Bellotto.
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 211
1454 - 1513
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 212
1863 - 1923
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 213
1459 - 1537
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 214
1592 - 1656
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 215
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 216
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 217
1885 - 1979
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 218
1642 - 1709
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 219
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 220
1861 - 1944
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 221
1656 - 1693
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 222
1721 - 1780
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 223
Among people born in 1723, Joshua Reynolds ranks 4. Before him are Adam Smith, Baron d'Holbach, and Frederick V of Denmark. After him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Adam Ferguson, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Jean-François Marmontel, Prithvi Narayan Shah, and Nicole-Reine Lepaute. Among people deceased in 1792, Joshua Reynolds ranks 6. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Gustav III of Sweden, Maria Luisa of Spain, and Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe. After him are Richard Arkwright, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Joseph Martin Kraus, Nguyễn Huệ, Tiradentes, and Robert Adam.
1723 - 1790
HPI: 91.46
Rank: 1
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 2
1723 - 1766
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 3
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 4
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 5
1723 - 1788
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 6
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1723 - 1787
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 8
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 9
1723 - 1799
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 10
1723 - 1775
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 11
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 12
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 1
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 2
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 3
1745 - 1792
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 4
1749 - 1792
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 5
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 6
1732 - 1792
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 7
1718 - 1792
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 8
1756 - 1792
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 9
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 10
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 11
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joshua Reynolds ranks 463 out of 7,765. Before him are James Callaghan (1912), William Kidd (1645), Mary Anning (1799), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), John Knox (1514), and Philip Larkin (1922). After him are Richard Francis Burton (1821), Donald Pleasence (1919), John Hicks (1904), Samuel Butler (1835), Samuel Johnson (1709), and William Laud (1573).
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 457
1645 - 1701
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 458
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 459
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 460
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 461
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 462
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 463
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 464
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 465
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 466
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 467
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 468
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 469
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Joshua Reynolds ranks 5. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), John Constable (1776), William Hogarth (1697), and Thomas Gainsborough (1727). After him are John Everett Millais (1829), 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