1888 - 1957
Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (17 February 1888 – 24 August 1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, author, and radio broadcaster. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned a high reputation as a classicist, Knox was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1912. He was a fellow and chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford until he resigned from those positions following his conversion to Catholicism in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Knox has received more than 372,633 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ronald Knox is the 4,093rd most popular writer (down from 3,873rd in 2019), the 3,008th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 345th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Ronald Knox ranks 4,093 out of 5,755. Before him are Ivar Lo-Johansson, Steven Erikson, Vicente Espinel, Marcel Arland, Cora Sandel, and Alexander Serafimovich. After him are Friedebert Tuglas, William Hazlitt, Einar Benediktsson, Zane Grey, Philipp Nicolai, and Paul Theroux.
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 4,087
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 4,088
1550 - 1624
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 4,089
1899 - 1986
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 4,090
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 4,091
1863 - 1949
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 4,092
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 4,093
1886 - 1971
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 4,094
1778 - 1830
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 4,095
1864 - 1940
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 4,096
1872 - 1939
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 4,097
1556 - 1608
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 4,098
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 4,099
Among people born in 1888, Ronald Knox ranks 158. Before him are Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Louis J. Mordell, Dan Andersson, Edward Cook, and Ralph Hartley. After him are Tom Phillips, Alfred Asikainen, Jean Bouin, Marie Rambert, Kārlis Zāle, and Juan Antonio Ríos. Among people deceased in 1957, Ronald Knox ranks 145. Before him are Gustav Mie, Tomitaro Makino, Heinrich Campendonk, Leopold Staff, Percy Hobart, and Carl Bonde. After him are Lasar Segall, P. C. Chang, Viggo Larsen, Walter Jakobsson, Guillermo Saavedra, and Adeodato Giovanni Piazza.
1888 - 1977
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 152
1888 - 1989
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 153
1888 - 1972
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 154
1888 - 1920
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 155
1888 - 1972
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 156
1888 - 1970
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 157
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 158
1888 - 1941
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 159
1888 - 1942
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 160
1888 - 1914
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 161
1888 - 1982
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 162
1888 - 1942
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 163
1888 - 1946
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 164
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 139
1862 - 1957
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 140
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 141
1878 - 1957
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 142
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 143
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 144
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 145
1891 - 1957
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 146
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 147
1880 - 1957
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 148
1882 - 1957
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 149
1903 - 1957
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 150
1884 - 1957
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 151
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Knox ranks 3,008 out of 7,765. Before him are Roger Rees (1944), Glyn Johns (1942), Frederick William Beechey (1796), E. L. James (1963), Stella McCartney (1971), and Janet McTeer (1961). After him are Richard Hooker (1554), Theo James (1984), William Hazlitt (1778), Frederick Abel (1827), Mark Addy (1964), and Tom Phillips (1888).
1944 - 2015
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 3,002
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 3,003
1796 - 1856
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 3,004
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 3,005
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 3,006
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 3,007
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,008
1554 - 1600
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,009
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,010
1778 - 1830
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,011
1827 - 1902
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,012
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,013
1888 - 1941
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,014
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ronald Knox ranks 345. Before him are Richard Hughes (1900), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Quentin Crisp (1908), Thomas Nashe (1567), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), and E. L. James (1963). After him are William Hazlitt (1778), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Donald Adamson (1939), Sarah Kane (1971), Mary Norton (1903), and Pamela Colman Smith (1878).
1900 - 1976
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 339
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 340
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 341
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 342
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 343
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 344
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 345
1778 - 1830
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 346
1920 - 1992
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 347
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 348
1971 - 1999
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 349
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 350
1878 - 1951
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 351