Writer
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
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Thomas Hardy
His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2024). Thomas Hardy is the 49th most popular writer (up from 806th in 2024), the 49th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 610th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Writer.
Thomas Hardy is most famous for his novels "Far from the Madding Crowd," "The Mayor of Casterbridge," and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles."
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Among Writers
Among writers, Thomas Hardy ranks 49 out of 7,302. Before him are Horace, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alexander Pushkin, Simone de Beauvoir, Friedrich Schiller, and Aristophanes. After him are Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust, Denis Diderot, Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Euripides.
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Horace
65 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 84.80
Rank: 43
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 - 1940
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 44
Alexander Pushkin
1799 - 1837
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 45
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 - 1986
HPI: 84.63
Rank: 46
Friedrich Schiller
1759 - 1805
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 47
Aristophanes
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 48
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 49
Charles Baudelaire
1821 - 1867
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 50
Marcel Proust
1871 - 1922
HPI: 84.39
Rank: 51
Denis Diderot
1713 - 1784
HPI: 84.31
Rank: 52
Émile Zola
1840 - 1902
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 53
Gustave Flaubert
1821 - 1880
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 54
Euripides
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 55
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1840, Thomas Hardy ranks 3. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Claude Monet. After him are Émile Zola, Auguste Rodin, Carlota of Mexico, Victoria, Princess Royal, Murad V, Alphonse Daudet, Odilon Redon, Edward Drinker Cope, and Ernst Abbe. Among people deceased in 1928, Thomas Hardy ranks 2. Before him is Roald Amundsen. After him are Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Wien, Maria Feodorovna, Leoš Janáček, Max Scheler, Édouard-Henri Avril, Emmeline Pankhurst, Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, and Franz Stuck.
Others Born in 1840
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
COMPOSER
1840 - 1893
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 1
Claude Monet
PAINTER
1840 - 1926
HPI: 88.69
Rank: 2
Thomas Hardy
WRITER
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 3
Émile Zola
WRITER
1840 - 1902
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 4
Auguste Rodin
SCULPTOR
1840 - 1917
HPI: 83.07
Rank: 5
Carlota of Mexico
COMPANION
1840 - 1927
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 6
Victoria, Princess Royal
COMPANION
1840 - 1901
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 7
Murad V
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1904
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 8
Alphonse Daudet
WRITER
1840 - 1897
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 9
Odilon Redon
PAINTER
1840 - 1916
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 10
Edward Drinker Cope
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1840 - 1897
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 11
Ernst Abbe
PHYSICIST
1840 - 1905
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1928
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Roald Amundsen
EXPLORER
1872 - 1928
HPI: 84.99
Rank: 1
Thomas Hardy
WRITER
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 2
Hendrik Lorentz
PHYSICIST
1853 - 1928
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 3
Wilhelm Wien
PHYSICIST
1864 - 1928
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 4
Maria Feodorovna
COMPANION
1847 - 1928
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 5
Leoš Janáček
COMPOSER
1854 - 1928
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 6
Max Scheler
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1928
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 7
Édouard-Henri Avril
PAINTER
1849 - 1928
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 8
Emmeline Pankhurst
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1928
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 9
Theodore William Richards
CHEMIST
1868 - 1928
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 10
Johannes Fibiger
PHYSICIAN
1867 - 1928
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 11
Franz Stuck
PAINTER
1863 - 1928
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hardy ranks 49 out of NaN. Before him are Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Mary I of England (1516), Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947). After him are Bernard Montgomery (1887), James Cook (1728), Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), J. J. Thomson (1856), James Prescott Joule (1818), and Anthony Hopkins (1937).
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Alexander Graham Bell
INVENTOR
1847 - 1922
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 43
Mary I of England
POLITICIAN
1516 - 1558
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 44
Charles Dickens
WRITER
1812 - 1870
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 45
Alan Turing
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1912 - 1954
HPI: 85.14
Rank: 46
Alexander Fleming
BIOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 84.76
Rank: 47
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
NOBLEMAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 84.73
Rank: 48
Thomas Hardy
WRITER
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 49
Bernard Montgomery
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1976
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 50
James Cook
EXPLORER
1728 - 1779
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 51
Mary, Queen of Scots
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1587
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 52
J. J. Thomson
PHYSICIST
1856 - 1940
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 53
James Prescott Joule
PHYSICIST
1818 - 1889
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 54
Anthony Hopkins
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 55
Among Writers In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hardy ranks 5. Before him are William Shakespeare (1564), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), and Charles Dickens (1812). After him are Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Lord Byron (1788), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), Virginia Woolf (1882), Jane Austen (1775), and Lewis Carroll (1832).
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 1
Agatha Christie
1890 - 1976
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 2
H. G. Wells
1866 - 1946
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 3
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 4
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 5
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 6
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 7
D. H. Lawrence
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 8
Daniel Defoe
1660 - 1731
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 9
Virginia Woolf
1882 - 1941
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 10
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 11
Lewis Carroll
1832 - 1898
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 12
