1943 - Today
Terence Francis Eagleton (born 22 February 1943) is an English literary theorist, critic, and public intellectual. He is currently Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University. Eagleton has published over forty books, but remains best known for Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), which has sold over 750,000 copies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Eagleton has received more than 939,413 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Terry Eagleton is the 2,452nd most popular writer (down from 2,097th in 2019), the 1,879th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,618th in 2019) and the 214th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Terry Eagleton ranks 2,452 out of 5,755. Before him are Immanuel Velikovsky, A. S. Byatt, Champfleury, Jovan Dučić, Tadeusz Różewicz, and Han Suyin. After him are Barbara von Krüdener, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ada Negri, Uri Orlev, John Barth, and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
1895 - 1979
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,446
1936 - 2023
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,447
1821 - 1889
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,448
1871 - 1943
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,449
1921 - 2014
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,450
1917 - 2012
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,451
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,452
1764 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,453
1860 - 1935
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,454
1870 - 1945
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,455
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 2,456
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,457
1772 - 1822
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,458
Among people born in 1943, Terry Eagleton ranks 209. Before him are Robert Gates, Hilton Valentine, Edward L. G. Bowell, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Charles Savarin, and Georgi Asparuhov. After him are Tim Hunt, John Zerzan, Sylvester McCoy, Tom Holland, Alan Wilson, and Michael Byrne.
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 203
1943 - 2021
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 204
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 205
1943 - 2001
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 206
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 207
1943 - 1971
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 208
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 209
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 210
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 211
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 212
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 213
1943 - 1970
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 214
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 215
Among people born in United Kingdom, Terry Eagleton ranks 1,879 out of 7,765. Before him are Eileen Atkins (1934), John Fletcher (1579), David Knopfler (1952), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), David Cox (1924), and A. S. Byatt (1936). After him are Tim Hunt (1943), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Leo G. Carroll (1886), Mark Hollis (1955), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), and George Robert Gray (1808).
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,873
1579 - 1625
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 1,874
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 1,875
1318 - 1355
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1,876
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1,877
1936 - 2023
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 1,878
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 1,879
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 1,880
1693 - 1768
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 1,881
1886 - 1972
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 1,882
1955 - 2019
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 1,883
1862 - 1933
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 1,884
1808 - 1872
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 1,885
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Terry Eagleton ranks 214. Before him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Tom Sharpe (1928), John Cleland (1709), John Fletcher (1579), and A. S. Byatt (1936). After him are Renée Vivien (1877), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Philip Kerr (1956), E. Nesbit (1858), Edith Pargeter (1913), and William Congreve (1670).
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 208
1310 - 1361
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 209
1928 - 2013
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 210
1709 - 1789
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 211
1579 - 1625
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 212
1936 - 2023
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 213
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 214
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 215
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 216
1956 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 217
1858 - 1924
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 218
1913 - 1995
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 219
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 220