1888 - 1935
Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer, who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities. He was born out of wedlock in August 1888 to Sarah Junner (1861–1959), a governess, and Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet (1846–1919), an Anglo-Irish nobleman. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of T. E. Lawrence has received more than 8,361,210 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). T. E. Lawrence is the 34th most popular military personnel (up from 49th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 136th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Military Personnel.
Lawrence is most famous for his novel "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom." He was a British writer, archaeologist, and military officer.
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Among military personnels, T. E. Lawrence ranks 34 out of 1,466. Before him are Alfred Dreyfus, Roland, Douglas MacArthur, Jochi, Tariq ibn Ziyad, and Flavius Aetius. After him are Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Guan Yu, Isoroku Yamamoto, Baron Munchausen, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
1859 - 1935
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 28
736 - 778
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 29
1880 - 1964
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 30
1181 - 1227
HPI: 80.88
Rank: 31
670 - 720
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 32
390 - 454
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 33
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 34
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 35
162 - 220
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 36
1884 - 1943
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 37
1720 - 1797
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 38
1542 - 1616
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 39
63 BC - 12 BC
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1888, T. E. Lawrence ranks 2. Before him is Heinz Guderian. After him are Fernando Pessoa, Dale Carnegie, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, John Logie Baird, Carl Schmitt, Nikolai Bukharin, Giorgio de Chirico, Otto Stern, José Raúl Capablanca, and Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Among people deceased in 1935, T. E. Lawrence ranks 3. Before him are Kazimir Malevich and Alfred Dreyfus. After him are Fernando Pessoa, Paul Signac, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, Józef Piłsudski, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Arthur Henderson, Astrid of Sweden, and Auguste Escoffier.
1888 - 1954
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 2
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 3
1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 4
1888 - 1934
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 5
1888 - 1946
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 6
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 7
1888 - 1938
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 8
1888 - 1978
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 9
1888 - 1969
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 10
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 11
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 12
1879 - 1935
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 1
1859 - 1935
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 2
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 3
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 4
1863 - 1935
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 5
1882 - 1935
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 6
1885 - 1935
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 7
1867 - 1935
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 8
1857 - 1935
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 9
1863 - 1935
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 10
1905 - 1935
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 11
1847 - 1935
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, T. E. Lawrence ranks 101 out of 6,924. Before him are Alex Ferguson (1941), Christopher Lee (1922), Edward VIII (1894), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Michael Caine (1933), and David Bowie (1947). After him are George Harrison (1943), George V (1865), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), Aldous Huxley (1894), Blackbeard (1680), and Ridley Scott (1937).
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 95
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 96
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 97
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 98
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 99
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 100
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 101
1943 - 2001
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 102
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 103
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 104
1894 - 1963
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 105
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 106
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 107
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, T. E. Lawrence ranks 2. Before him are William Wallace (1270). After him are Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Bernard Montgomery (1887), Edward Smith (1850), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), John Franklin (1786), Harold Lowe (1882), and James Paul Moody (1887).
1270 - 1305
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 2
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 3
1857 - 1941
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 4
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 5
1850 - 1912
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 6
1868 - 1926
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 7
1650 - 1722
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 8
1903 - 1971
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 9
1786 - 1847
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 10
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 11
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 12