1405 - 1471
Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of Le Morte d'Arthur was published by the famed London printer William Caxton in 1485. Much of Malory's life history is obscure, but he identified himself as a "knight prisoner", apparently reflecting that he was either a criminal, a prisoner-of-war, or suffering some other type of confinement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Malory has received more than 874,277 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Thomas Malory is the 882nd most popular writer (down from 788th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Writer.
Thomas Malory is most famous for writing the Morte d'Arthur, a compilation of tales about King Arthur and his knights.
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Among writers, Thomas Malory ranks 882 out of 5,755. Before him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Gaius Lucilius, Basava, Vicente Aleixandre, Hans Sachs, and Eugène Scribe. After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Clifford D. Simak, Philostratus, Abraham Abulafia, Wilkie Collins, and Jacques Clément.
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 876
180 BC - 102 BC
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 877
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 878
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 879
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 880
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 881
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 882
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 883
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 884
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 885
1240 - 1292
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 886
1824 - 1889
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 887
1567 - 1589
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 888
Among people born in 1405, Thomas Malory ranks 5. Before him are Skanderbeg, Pope Pius II, Gilles de Rais, and John II of Castile. After him are Sophia of Halshany, Ulugh Muhammad, Maria of Trebizond, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1471, Thomas Malory ranks 8. Before him are Pope Paul II, Thomas à Kempis, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, George of Poděbrady, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. After him are João Gonçalves Zarco, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Go-Hanazono, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Cristoforo Moro, and Antonio Beccadelli.
1405 - 1468
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 1
1405 - 1464
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 2
1405 - 1440
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 3
1405 - 1454
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 4
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 5
1405 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 6
1405 - 1445
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 7
1405 - 1439
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 8
1405 - 1469
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 9
1417 - 1471
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 2
1380 - 1471
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 3
1453 - 1471
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 4
1420 - 1471
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 5
1397 - 1471
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 6
1428 - 1471
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 7
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 8
1390 - 1471
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 9
1413 - 1471
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 10
1419 - 1471
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 11
1413 - 1471
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 12
1390 - 1471
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 13
1394 - 1471
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 718 out of 7,765. Before him are Andrew Huxley (1917), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), John Kendrew (1917), William Oughtred (1574), Kim Cattrall (1956), and John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924). After him are George Martin (1926), Willibrord (658), John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), and Wilkie Collins (1824).
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 712
1809 - 1892
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 713
1917 - 1997
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 714
1574 - 1660
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 715
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 716
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 717
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 718
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 719
658 - 739
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 720
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 721
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 722
1680 - 1719
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 723
1824 - 1889
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 724
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Malory ranks 87. Before him are Edgar Wallace (1875), Eleanor Marx (1855), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James May (1963), H. Rider Haggard (1856), and Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809). After him are Wilkie Collins (1824), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Samuel Richardson (1689), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Ben Jonson (1572), and John Fowles (1926).
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 81
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 82
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 83
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 84
1856 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 85
1809 - 1892
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 86
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 87
1824 - 1889
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 88
1757 - 1806
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 89
1689 - 1761
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 90
1940 - 1989
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 91
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 92
1926 - 2005
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 93