1727 - 1788
Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gainsborough has received more than 1,187,933 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Thomas Gainsborough is the 186th most popular painter (down from 155th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 321st in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Painter.
Thomas Gainsborough is most famous for his portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.
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Among painters, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 186 out of 1,421. Before him are Agostino Carracci, Pierre Bonnard, Francis Picabia, Theo van Gogh, Nicholas Roerich, and Lucas Cranach the Younger. After him are John William Waterhouse, Margaret Keane, Pietro da Cortona, Suzanne Valadon, Fra Bartolomeo, and Benozzo Gozzoli.
1557 - 1602
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 180
1867 - 1947
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 181
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 182
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 183
1874 - 1947
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 184
1515 - 1586
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 185
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 186
1849 - 1917
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 187
1927 - 2022
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 188
1596 - 1669
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 189
1865 - 1938
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 190
1472 - 1517
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 191
1420 - 1497
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 192
Among people born in 1727, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 2. Before him is Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. After him are Empress Xiaoyichun, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Louise Élisabeth of France, Jean-Georges Noverre, Henriette of France, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Michel Adanson. Among people deceased in 1788, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 5. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, and Charles Edward Stuart. After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Johann Georg Hamann, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Infante Gabriel of Spain, and José, Prince of Brazil.
1727 - 1781
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 2
1727 - 1775
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 3
1727 - 1777
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 4
1727 - 1759
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 5
1727 - 1810
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 6
1727 - 1752
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 7
1727 - 1817
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 8
1727 - 1804
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 9
1727 - 1785
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 10
1727 - 1803
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 11
1727 - 1806
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 12
1716 - 1788
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1
1714 - 1788
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 2
1707 - 1788
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 3
1720 - 1788
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 4
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 5
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 6
1704 - 1788
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 7
1730 - 1788
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 8
1723 - 1788
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 9
1696 - 1788
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 10
1752 - 1788
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 11
1761 - 1788
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 406 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Owen (1804), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), Jim Clark (1936), Millvina Dean (1912), and Joseph Lister (1827). After him are Thomas Carlyle (1795), Charles Glover Barkla (1877), William Baffin (1584), Richard Wright (1943), Alan Parker (1944), and David Lean (1908).
1804 - 1892
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 400
1650 - 1722
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 401
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 402
1936 - 1968
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 403
1912 - 2009
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 404
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 405
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 406
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 407
1877 - 1944
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 408
1584 - 1622
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 409
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 410
1944 - 2020
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 411
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 412
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gainsborough ranks 4. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), John Constable (1776), and William Hogarth (1697). After him are Joshua Reynolds (1723), John Everett Millais (1829), Louis Wain (1860), Leonora Carrington (1917), Richard Hamilton (1922), William Holman Hunt (1827), Frederic Leighton (1830), and John Tenniel (1820).
1775 - 1851
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 1
1776 - 1837
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 2
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 3
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 4
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 5
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 6
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 7
1917 - 2011
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 8
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 9
1827 - 1910
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 10
1830 - 1896
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 11
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 12