Writer

Oliver Goldsmith

1728 - 1774

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Oliver Goldsmith

His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2024). Oliver Goldsmith is the 1,820th most popular writer (up from 2,146th in 2024), the 91st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 87th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Oliver Goldsmith ranks 1,820 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Álvaro Mutis, Petros Markaris, Alexander Grin, and Ruan Ji. After him are Peter Shaffer, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Elizabeth Bishop, Abbot Oliba, Anthony Trollope, and Valery Bryusov.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Dmitry Merezhkovsky
1866 - 1941
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 1,814
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1837 - 1909
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 1,815
Álvaro Mutis
1923 - 2013
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 1,816
Petros Markaris
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 1,817
Alexander Grin
1880 - 1932
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 1,818
Ruan Ji
210 - 263
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 1,819
Oliver Goldsmith
1728 - 1774
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 1,820
Peter Shaffer
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 1,821
Rifa'a al-Tahtawi
1801 - 1873
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 1,822
Elizabeth Bishop
1911 - 1979
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 1,823
Abbot Oliba
971 - 1046
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 1,824
Anthony Trollope
1815 - 1882
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 1,825
Valery Bryusov
1873 - 1924
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 1,826

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Oliver Goldsmith ranks 16. Before him are Samuel Wallis, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Robert Adam, and Ali Bey al-Kabir. After him are Hiraga Gennai, Johann Adam Hiller, John Hunter, Matthew Boulton, Johann Andreas Stein, and Carlo Allioni. Among people deceased in 1774, Oliver Goldsmith ranks 11. Before him are Charles Marie de La Condamine, Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick. After him are Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, and Anna Morandi Manzolini.

Others Born in 1728

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Samuel Wallis
EXPLORER
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1797
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 11
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 12
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1793
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 13
Robert Adam
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1792
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 14
Ali Bey al-Kabir
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1773
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
Oliver Goldsmith
WRITER
1728 - 1774
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 16
Hiraga Gennai
PHYSICIAN
1728 - 1780
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 17
Johann Adam Hiller
COMPOSER
1728 - 1804
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 18
John Hunter
PHYSICIAN
1728 - 1793
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 19
Matthew Boulton
INVENTOR
1728 - 1809
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 20
Johann Andreas Stein
COMPOSER
1728 - 1792
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 21
Carlo Allioni
BIOLOGIST
1728 - 1804
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 22

Others Deceased in 1774

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Charles Marie de La Condamine
EXPLORER
1701 - 1774
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 5
Niccolò Jommelli
COMPOSER
1714 - 1774
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 6
Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
NOBLEMAN
1704 - 1774
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 7
Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1721 - 1774
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 8
Jacques-François Blondel
ARCHITECT
1705 - 1774
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 9
Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick
POLITICIAN
1714 - 1774
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 10
Oliver Goldsmith
WRITER
1728 - 1774
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 11
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
POLITICIAN
1715 - 1774
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 12
Florian Leopold Gassmann
COMPOSER
1729 - 1774
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 13
Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
PHYSICIAN
1744 - 1774
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 14
Johann Friedrich Agricola
COMPOSER
1720 - 1774
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 15
Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1684 - 1774
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 16
Anna Morandi Manzolini
POLITICIAN
1714 - 1774
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 17