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Thomas Dekker

1572 - 1632

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Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Dekker has received more than 49,321 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thomas Dekker is the 4,965th most popular writer (down from 4,680th in 2019), the 3,623rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,552nd in 2019) and the 415th most popular British Writer.

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  • 49k

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  • 54.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Dekker ranks 4,965 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Vampilov, Eben Alexander, Vesna Parun, Kostas Varnalis, Nestor Kukolnik, and István Fekete. After him are Adolf Brand, Manuel Alegre, Frank Belknap Long, Jean Cayrol, Gavino Ledda, and Vasily Yan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Thomas Dekker ranks 15. Before him are Izumo no Okuni, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, Marie Elisabeth of France, and Susenyos I. After him are Thomas Tomkins, and Bartholomew Gosnold. Among people deceased in 1632, Thomas Dekker ranks 29. Before him are Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Philippe van Lansberge, David Vinckboons, and Susenyos I.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Dekker ranks 3,623 out of 8,785. Before him are Emma Thomas (1971), Bill Paterson (1945), Dave Charlton (1936), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), and Virginia Wade (1945). After him are Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Rowan Williams (1950), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Dudley Pound (1877), and W. D. Ross (1877).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Dekker ranks 415. Before him are Richard Bentley (1662), Sam Houser (1972), Piers Anthony (1934), Amelia Edwards (1831), Pat Barker (1943), and Robert Hugh Benson (1871). After him are Richard Hughes (1900), A. E. Housman (1859), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Eleanor Farjeon (1881), Margery Kempe (1373), and Margery Allingham (1904).

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