1612 - 1680
Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was an English poet and satirist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Butler has received more than 51,874 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Butler is the 1,305th most popular writer (down from 1,200th in 2019), the 1,036th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 945th in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Writer.
Samuel Butler is most famous for his satirical novel, "Erewhon," in which he criticizes Victorian society and the Church of England.
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Among writers, Samuel Butler ranks 1,305 out of 5,755. Before him are Ignazio Silone, Naim Frashëri, James Baldwin, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Yosano Akiko, and Clément Marot. After him are Hristo Botev, Kurt Tucholsky, Monique Wittig, Alexander Grin, Viktor Suvorov, and Henry Steel Olcott.
1900 - 1978
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,299
1846 - 1900
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,300
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,301
103 BC - 4 BC
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,302
1878 - 1942
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,303
1495 - 1544
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,304
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,305
1848 - 1876
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,306
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,307
1935 - 2003
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,308
1880 - 1932
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,309
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 1,310
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,311
Among people born in 1612, Samuel Butler ranks 10. Before him are Louis Le Vau, Wu Sangui, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Mignard, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Peter Stuyvesant, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Margherita de' Medici, Janusz Radziwiłł, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Among people deceased in 1680, Samuel Butler ranks 15. Before him are Willem Claesz. Heda, Ivan Sirko, Ferdinand Bol, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, John George II, Elector of Saxony, and Emperor Go-Mizunoo. After him are Elisabeth of the Palatinate, John Eudes, Li Yu, Thomas Bartholin, Per Brahe the Younger, and Tokugawa Ietsuna.
1612 - 1670
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 4
1612 - 1678
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 5
1612 - 1694
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 6
1612 - 1695
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 7
1612 - 1651
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 8
1612 - 1646
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 9
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 10
1612 - 1672
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 11
1612 - 1648
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 12
1612 - 1679
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 13
1612 - 1655
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 14
1612 - 1669
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 15
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 16
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 9
1610 - 1680
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 10
1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 11
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 12
1613 - 1680
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 13
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 14
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 15
1618 - 1680
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 16
1601 - 1680
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 17
1610 - 1680
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 18
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 19
1602 - 1680
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 20
1641 - 1680
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 21
Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Butler ranks 1,036 out of 7,765. Before him are Edith Cavell (1865), Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), James Meade (1907), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), and Bob Hope (1903). After him are Roger Daltrey (1944), George Vancouver (1757), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Alan Moore (1953), Thomas Graham (1805), and Jack Phillips (1887).
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,030
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,031
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,032
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,033
1198 - 1249
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,034
1903 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,035
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,036
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,037
1757 - 1798
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,038
1916 - 2002
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 1,039
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,040
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,041
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,042
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Butler ranks 117. Before him are Arthur Hailey (1920), Thomas De Quincey (1785), John Berger (1926), James Anderson (1680), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), and Winifred Wagner (1897). After him are Neil Gaiman (1960), John Dryden (1631), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Robert Faurisson (1929).
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 111
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 112
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 113
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 114
1881 - 1975
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 115
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 116
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 117
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 118
1631 - 1700
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 119
1870 - 1945
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 120
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 121
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 122
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 123