1784 - 1859
James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group that included William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb, known as the "Hunt circle". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Hunt has received more than 489,890 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Leigh Hunt is the 5,295th most popular writer (down from 4,876th in 2019), the 4,263rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,996th in 2019) and the 475th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Leigh Hunt ranks 5,295 out of 5,755. Before him are Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Philippa Pearce, Manuel Rivas, Árpád Tóth, Olavi Paavolainen, and Stefan Andres. After him are David Mitchell, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Kristina Lugn, Aelianus Tacticus, and José Hierro.
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 5,289
1920 - 2006
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 5,290
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 5,291
1886 - 1928
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 5,292
1903 - 1964
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 5,293
1906 - 1970
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 5,294
1784 - 1859
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 5,295
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 5,296
1922 - 1991
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 5,297
1884 - 1980
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 5,298
1948 - 2020
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 5,299
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 5,300
1922 - 2002
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 5,301
Among people born in 1784, Leigh Hunt ranks 46. Before him are Christopher Hansteen, Joseph Bové, Charles Dupin, José Tadeo Monagas, Juan Mora Fernández, and José María Pérez de Urdininea. After him are George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland and William Yarrell. Among people deceased in 1859, Leigh Hunt ranks 53. Before him are Heinrich Zollinger, Joseph Diez Gergonne, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Thomas Horsfield, Mirabeau B. Lamar, and Thomas Nuttall. After him are Juan Bautista Ceballos, Charles Hamilton Smith, Eliza Acton, Richard Rush, David Cox, and George M. Bibb.
1784 - 1873
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 40
1784 - 1834
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 41
1784 - 1873
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 42
1784 - 1868
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 43
1784 - 1854
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 44
1784 - 1865
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 45
1784 - 1859
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 46
1784 - 1849
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 47
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 48
1818 - 1859
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 47
1771 - 1859
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 48
1795 - 1859
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 49
1773 - 1859
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 50
1798 - 1859
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 51
1786 - 1859
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 52
1784 - 1859
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 53
1811 - 1859
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 54
1776 - 1859
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 55
1799 - 1859
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 56
1780 - 1859
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 57
1783 - 1859
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 58
1776 - 1859
HPI: 34.20
Rank: 59
Among people born in United Kingdom, Leigh Hunt ranks 4,263 out of 7,765. Before him are Ken Wharton (1916), Alistair Petrie (1970), Mike Ratledge (1943), Simon Blackburn (1944), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), and John Prescott (1938). After him are Michael Kitchen (1948), Robin Dunbar (1947), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), John Edwards (1953), Alfie Allen (1986), and Steve Clark (1960).
1916 - 1957
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 4,257
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 4,258
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 4,259
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 4,260
1833 - 1891
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 4,261
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 4,262
1784 - 1859
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 4,263
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 4,264
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 4,265
1868 - 1938
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 4,266
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 4,267
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 4,268
1960 - 1991
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 4,269
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Leigh Hunt ranks 475. Before him are John Marston (1576), John of Worcester (1100), Thomas Traherne (1636), George Borrow (1803), James Herbert (1943), and Philippa Pearce (1920). After him are David Mitchell (1969), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), Anthony Powell (1905), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), and Abraham Cowley (1618).
1576 - 1634
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 469
1100 - 1200
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 470
1636 - 1674
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 471
1803 - 1881
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 472
1943 - 2013
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 473
1920 - 2006
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 474
1784 - 1859
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 475
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 476
1766 - 1848
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 477
1892 - 1981
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 478
1905 - 2000
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 479
1825 - 1894
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 480
1618 - 1667
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 481