1895 - 1985
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Robert Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Graves has received more than 1,894,338 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Robert Graves is the 1,059th most popular writer (down from 937th in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 727th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Writer.
Robert Graves is most famous for his book, "I, Claudius." The book was published in 1934 and is a fictional account of the life of Claudius, the Roman Emperor from AD 41 to 54.
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Among writers, Robert Graves ranks 1,059 out of 5,755. Before him are Alfred Brehm, Adalbert Stifter, Velimir Khlebnikov, Erskine Caldwell, Joan Didion, and Guido Cavalcanti. After him are Leonid Andreyev, Adalberon, Irwin Shaw, Branislav Nušić, Cormac McCarthy, and Kazi Nazrul Islam.
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,053
1805 - 1868
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,054
1885 - 1922
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,055
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,056
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,057
1258 - 1300
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,058
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,059
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,060
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,061
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,062
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,063
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,064
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,065
Among people born in 1895, Robert Graves ranks 68. Before him are Richard Barthelmess, Friedrich Jeckeln, Vinoba Bhave, Kurt Zeitzler, André Frédéric Cournand, and Lewis Milestone. After him are Marcel Pagnol, Wilhelm Gustloff, B. H. Liddell Hart, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Lin Yutang, and Walter Dornberger. Among people deceased in 1985, Robert Graves ranks 30. Before him are Margaret Mahler, Emil Gilels, Paul Flory, Elsa Morante, Rodney Robert Porter, and James Hadley Chase. After him are George Pólya, Kyu Sakamoto, Donald O. Hebb, Macfarlane Burnet, The Singing Nun, and Tage Erlander.
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 62
1895 - 1946
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 63
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 64
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 65
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 66
1895 - 1980
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 67
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 68
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 69
1895 - 1936
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 70
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 71
1895 - 1966
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 72
1895 - 1976
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 73
1895 - 1980
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 24
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 25
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 26
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 27
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 28
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 29
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 30
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 31
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 32
1904 - 1985
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 33
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 34
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 35
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 36
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Graves ranks 842 out of 7,765. Before him are Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Hanning Speke (1827), William Webb Ellis (1806), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Owen Tudor (1400), and Peter Finch (1916). After him are Richard Hamilton (1922), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), John Cale (1942), John Cockcroft (1897), and Damon Hill (1960).
1141 - 1165
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 836
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 837
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 838
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 839
1400 - 1461
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 840
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 841
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 842
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 843
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 844
1764 - 1845
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 845
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 846
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 847
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 848
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Graves ranks 102. Before him are John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), James Hadley Chase (1906), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), and Edmund Spenser (1552). After him are W. H. Auden (1907), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Patrick White (1912), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Thomas Chatterton (1752), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810).
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 96
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 97
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 98
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 99
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 100
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 101
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 102
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 103
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 104
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 105
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 106
1752 - 1770
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 107
1810 - 1865
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 108