1503 - 1542
Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was originally from Yorkshire. His family adopted the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Wyatt has received more than 16,391 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Thomas Wyatt is the 1,757th most popular writer (up from 1,857th in 2019), the 1,387th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 149th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Thomas Wyatt ranks 1,757 out of 5,755. Before him are Cesare Zavattini, E. Howard Hunt, Gregory Tsamblak, Tonino Guerra, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, and Patricia Cornwell. After him are Raymond E. Feist, Marcel Schwob, Edmond Hamilton, Josep Pla, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, and Stanisław Wyspiański.
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,751
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,752
1365 - 1420
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,753
1920 - 2012
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,754
1920 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,755
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,756
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,757
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,758
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,759
1904 - 1977
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,760
1897 - 1981
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,761
1928 - 2010
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,762
1869 - 1907
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,763
Among people born in 1503, Thomas Wyatt ranks 12. Before him are Christian III of Denmark, Henry II of Navarre, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Robert Estienne. After him are Gerolama Orsini, Bartolomé Carranza, Giovanni della Casa, Augustin Hirschvogel, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski. Among people deceased in 1542, Thomas Wyatt ranks 9. Before him are James V of Scotland, 2nd Dalai Lama, Hernando de Soto, Lapu-Lapu, Dosso Dossi, and Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford. After him are Sayyida al Hurra, Peter Henlein, Cristóvão da Gama, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Diego de Almagro II, and Ludwig Senfl.
1503 - 1559
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 6
1503 - 1555
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 7
1503 - 1547
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 8
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 9
1503 - 1547
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 10
1503 - 1559
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 11
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 12
1503 - 1569
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 13
1503 - 1576
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 14
1503 - 1556
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 15
1503 - 1553
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 16
1503 - 1572
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 17
1512 - 1542
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 3
1476 - 1542
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 4
1500 - 1542
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 5
1491 - 1542
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 6
1480 - 1542
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 7
1505 - 1542
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 8
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 9
1485 - 1542
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 10
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 11
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 12
1477 - 1542
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 13
1520 - 1542
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 14
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wyatt ranks 1,387 out of 7,765. Before him are Martin Gore (1961), Anthony Blunt (1907), Herbert Pitman (1877), Beau Brummell (1778), John Wilkins (1614), and Charles Rolls (1877). After him are Ed Miliband (1969), Piers Courage (1942), Emily Watson (1967), Victor McLaglen (1886), George Cayley (1773), and Elizabeth Hurley (1965).
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,381
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,382
1877 - 1961
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,383
1778 - 1840
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,384
1614 - 1672
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,385
1877 - 1910
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,386
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,387
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,388
1942 - 1970
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,389
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,390
1886 - 1959
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,391
1773 - 1857
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,392
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 1,393
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wyatt ranks 149. Before him are Joseph Addison (1672), Alma Reville (1899), Arthur Machen (1863), Edward Lear (1812), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837). After him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Aphra Behn (1640), Anne Perry (1938), Hugh Lofting (1886), William Caxton (1422), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785).
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 143
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 144
1863 - 1947
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 145
1812 - 1888
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 146
1909 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 147
1837 - 1909
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 148
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 149
1926 - 2016
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 150
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 151
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 152
1886 - 1947
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 153
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 154
1785 - 1828
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 155