1825 - 1894
Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. M. Ballantyne has received more than 179,964 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). R. M. Ballantyne is the 5,333rd most popular writer (down from 4,731st in 2019), the 4,308th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,778th in 2019) and the 480th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 5,333 out of 5,755. Before him are Brad Falchuk, Judy Blume, Hugh Walpole, Markus Zusak, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, and Elinor Glyn. After him are Peter Matthiessen, John Connolly, Remco Campert, Colm Tóibín, Katherine Pancol, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 5,327
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 5,328
1884 - 1941
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 5,329
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 5,330
1872 - 1953
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 5,331
1864 - 1943
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 5,332
1825 - 1894
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 5,333
1927 - 2014
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 5,334
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 5,335
1929 - 2022
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 5,336
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 5,337
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 5,338
1950 - 2009
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 5,339
Among people born in 1825, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 71. Before him are Anton Heinrich Springer, William McGonagall, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, George Inness, John Lawrence LeConte, and A. P. Hill. After him are Benjamin Mountfort, Albrecht Weber, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Adelaide Anne Procter, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. Among people deceased in 1894, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 81. Before him are Kitamura Tokoku, Lobengula, George Inness, John Sparrow David Thompson, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, and Svend Foyn. After him are José Eugenio Ellauri, Nathaniel P. Banks, George Peter Alexander Healy, and George Stoneman.
1825 - 1891
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 65
1825 - 1902
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 66
1825 - 1893
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 67
1825 - 1894
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 68
1825 - 1883
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 69
1825 - 1865
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 70
1825 - 1894
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 71
1825 - 1898
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 72
1825 - 1901
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 73
1825 - 1889
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 74
1825 - 1864
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 75
1825 - 1921
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 76
1825 - 1908
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 77
1868 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 75
1845 - 1894
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 76
1825 - 1894
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 77
1845 - 1894
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 78
1836 - 1894
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 79
1809 - 1894
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 80
1825 - 1894
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 81
1834 - 1894
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 82
1816 - 1894
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 83
1813 - 1894
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 84
1822 - 1894
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 85
Among people born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 4,308 out of 7,765. Before him are Jimmy Armfield (1935), George Peacock (1791), Harry Mallin (1892), Ernest Mangnall (1866), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), and A. V. Dicey (1835). After him are Polly Walker (1966), John André (1750), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Tom Clarke (1858), Leslie Johnson (1912), and Jimmy Murphy (1910).
1935 - 2018
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 4,302
1791 - 1858
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 4,303
1892 - 1969
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 4,304
1866 - 1932
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 4,305
1890 - 1976
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 4,306
1835 - 1922
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 4,307
1825 - 1894
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 4,308
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 4,309
1750 - 1780
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 4,310
1866 - 1941
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 4,311
1858 - 1916
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 4,312
1912 - 1959
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 4,313
1910 - 1989
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 4,314
Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 480. Before him are Philippa Pearce (1920), Leigh Hunt (1784), David Mitchell (1969), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), and Anthony Powell (1905). After him are Abraham Cowley (1618), Nicholas Evans (1950), Martin Litchfield West (1937), Thomas Campbell (1777), Piers Anthony (1934), and Stephen Leacock (1869).
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
1950 - 2022
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 482
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 483
1777 - 1844
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 484
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 485
1869 - 1944
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 486