Designer
Josiah Wedgwood
English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company
1730 - 1795
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Josiah Wedgwood
His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Josiah Wedgwood is the 32nd most popular designer (up from 35th in 2024), the 1,398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,326th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Designer.
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Josiah Wedgwood is one of the 10 earliest-born Designers in all of Pantheon.
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Among Designers
Among designers, Josiah Wedgwood ranks 32 out of 114. Before him are Iris Apfel, Philippe Starck, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Raymond Loewy, Pierre Balmain, and Manolo Blahnik. After him are Jimmy Choo, Dieter Rams, Claude Garamond, Beau Brummell, Jeanne Lanvin, and Andokides painter.
Most Popular Designers in Wikipedia
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Iris Apfel
1921 - 2024
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 26
Philippe Starck
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 27
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
1811 - 1899
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 28
Raymond Loewy
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 29
Pierre Balmain
1914 - 1982
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 30
Manolo Blahnik
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 31
Josiah Wedgwood
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 32
Jimmy Choo
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 33
Dieter Rams
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 34
Claude Garamond
1499 - 1561
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 35
Beau Brummell
1778 - 1840
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 36
Jeanne Lanvin
1867 - 1946
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 37
Andokides painter
600 BC - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 38
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1730, Josiah Wedgwood ranks 9. Before him are Henry Clinton, Johann Georg Hamann, Étienne Bézout, Jan Ingenhousz, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, and Pieter Boddaert. After him are Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, James Bruce, Otto Friedrich Müller, and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. Among people deceased in 1795, Josiah Wedgwood ranks 15. Before him are Georg Benda, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Carl Michael Bellman, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Pieter Boddaert, and Samuel Wallis. After him are John Sullivan, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Antonio de Ulloa, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, and James Boswell.
Others Born in 1730
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Henry Clinton
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1730 - 1795
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 3
Johann Georg Hamann
PHILOSOPHER
1730 - 1788
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 4
Étienne Bézout
MATHEMATICIAN
1730 - 1783
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 5
Jan Ingenhousz
PHYSICIST
1730 - 1799
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 6
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
EXTREMIST
1730 - 1801
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 7
Pieter Boddaert
BIOLOGIST
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 8
Josiah Wedgwood
DESIGNER
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
NOBLEMAN
1730 - 1813
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 10
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1730 - 1794
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 11
Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1730 - 1806
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 12
James Bruce
EXPLORER
1730 - 1794
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 13
Otto Friedrich Müller
BIOLOGIST
1730 - 1784
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 14
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
POLITICIAN
1730 - 1782
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 15
Others Deceased in 1795
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Georg Benda
COMPOSER
1722 - 1795
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 9
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
BIOLOGIST
1742 - 1795
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 10
Carl Michael Bellman
MUSICIAN
1740 - 1795
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 11
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 12
Pieter Boddaert
BIOLOGIST
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 13
Samuel Wallis
EXPLORER
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 14
Josiah Wedgwood
DESIGNER
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 15
John Sullivan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1740 - 1795
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 16
Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 17
Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria
POLITICIAN
1772 - 1795
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 18
Antonio de Ulloa
ASTRONOMER
1716 - 1795
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 19
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
COMPOSER
1720 - 1795
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 20
James Boswell
WRITER
1740 - 1795
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 21
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Josiah Wedgwood ranks 1,398 out of 9,870. Before him are Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Lindley (1799), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), William Aiton (1731), and Kate Atkinson (1951). After him are Seamus Heaney (1939), Bob Hope (1903), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), William Whewell (1794), Saint David (512), and Samuel Pepys (1633).
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Geraldine McEwan
ACTOR
1932 - 2015
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 1,392
John Lindley
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1865
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 1,393
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1981
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1,394
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
POLITICIAN
1000 - 1063
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1,395
William Aiton
BIOLOGIST
1731 - 1793
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1,396
Kate Atkinson
WRITER
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1,397
Josiah Wedgwood
DESIGNER
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,398
Seamus Heaney
WRITER
1939 - 2013
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 1,399
Bob Hope
COMEDIAN
1903 - 2003
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 1,400
Rafael Merry del Val
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1930
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 1,401
William Whewell
PHYSICIST
1794 - 1866
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 1,402
Saint David
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
512 - 589
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 1,403
Samuel Pepys
WRITER
1633 - 1703
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 1,404
Among Designers In United Kingdom
Among designers born in United Kingdom, Josiah Wedgwood ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Andrews (1873), William Morris (1834), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Thomas Chippendale (1718), and Jony Ive (1967). After him are Beau Brummell (1778), Alexander McQueen (1969), John Baskerville (1706), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Laura Ashley (1925), and Paul Smith (1946).
Thomas Andrews
1873 - 1912
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 1
William Morris
1834 - 1896
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 2
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
1868 - 1928
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 3
Thomas Chippendale
1718 - 1779
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 4
Jony Ive
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 5
Josiah Wedgwood
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 6
Beau Brummell
1778 - 1840
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 7
Alexander McQueen
1969 - 2010
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 8
John Baskerville
1706 - 1775
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 9
Storm Thorgerson
1944 - 2013
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 10
Laura Ashley
1925 - 1985
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 11
Paul Smith
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 12
