1703 - 1763
Mary Toft (née Denyer; c. 1701–1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits. In 1726, Toft became pregnant, but following her reported fascination with the sighting of a rabbit, she miscarried. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Toft has received more than 1,601,723 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Toft is the 355th most popular social activist (down from 353rd in 2019), the 2,622nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,829th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Mary Toft ranks 355 out of 538. Before her are Toyohiko Kagawa, Natalya Estemirova, Venetia Burney, William Howard Russell, Deniz Gezmiş, and Mary Dyer. After her are Dorothy Day, Jerry Rubin, Claudette Colvin, Harry Wu, Leona Vicario, and Karl Ludwig Sand.
1888 - 1960
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 349
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 350
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 351
1820 - 1907
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 352
1947 - 1972
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 353
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 354
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 355
1897 - 1980
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 356
1938 - 1994
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 357
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 358
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 359
1789 - 1842
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 360
1795 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 361
Among people born in 1703, Mary Toft ranks 14. Before her are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Aleksei Chirikov, and Vasily Trediakovsky. Among people deceased in 1763, Mary Toft ranks 18. Before her are Marco Foscarini, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Joseph François Dupleix, and Suleiman II of Persia. After her are Olof von Dalin, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Khariton Laptev, Gabriela Silang, and Fyodor Volkov.
1703 - 1732
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 8
1703 - 1759
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 9
1703 - 1771
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10
1703 - 1763
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 11
1703 - 1748
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 12
1703 - 1769
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 13
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 14
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12
1687 - 1763
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 13
1703 - 1763
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 14
1704 - 1763
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 15
1697 - 1763
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 16
1714 - 1763
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 17
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 18
1708 - 1763
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 19
1718 - 1763
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 20
1700 - 1763
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 21
1731 - 1763
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 22
1729 - 1763
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Toft ranks 2,622 out of 7,765. Before her are Alan Young (1919), Edmund Leach (1910), Mary Dyer (1611), Tony Atkinson (1944), Ken McArthur (1881), and Edward Granville Browne (1862). After her are Ralph Erskine (1914), Frances Burney (1752), Stephen Daldry (1960), Andrew Lang (1844), Jonathan Edwards (1966), and Cara Delevingne (1992).
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,616
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,617
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,618
1944 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,619
1881 - 1960
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,620
1862 - 1926
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,621
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 2,622
1914 - 2005
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 2,623
1752 - 1840
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 2,624
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 2,625
1844 - 1912
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 2,626
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 2,627
1992 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 2,628
Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Mary Toft ranks 27. Before her are Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), James Guillaume (1844), Donald Watson (1910), Venetia Burney (1918), and Mary Dyer (1611). After her are Grey Owl (1888), Jack Sheppard (1702), Octavia Hill (1838), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Annie Kenney (1879), and Hereward the Wake (1035).
1882 - 1960
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 21
1880 - 1958
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 22
1844 - 1916
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 23
1910 - 2005
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 24
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 25
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 26
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 27
1888 - 1938
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 28
1702 - 1724
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 29
1838 - 1912
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 30
1930 - 2021
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 31
1879 - 1953
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 32
1035 - 1072
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 33