1757 - 1827
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Blake has received more than 6,925,264 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). William Blake is the 130th most popular writer (up from 132nd in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 84th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Writer.
William Blake is most famous for his poetry and his paintings.
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Among writers, William Blake ranks 130 out of 5,794. Before him are Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Brontë, Walter Scott, August Strindberg, and E. T. A. Hoffmann. After him are Carlo Collodi, Kālidāsa, Heinrich Böll, Boris Pasternak, Sully Prudhomme, and Günter Grass.
1865 - 1936
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 124
1850 - 1894
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 125
1818 - 1848
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 126
1771 - 1832
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 127
1849 - 1912
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 128
1776 - 1822
HPI: 81.16
Rank: 129
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 130
1826 - 1890
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 131
400 - 420
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 132
1917 - 1985
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 133
1890 - 1960
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 134
1839 - 1907
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 135
1927 - 2015
HPI: 81.03
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1757, William Blake ranks 2. Before him is Charles X of France. After him are Antonio Canova, Jacques Hébert, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Pierre Augereau, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, Ignaz Pleyel, and George Vancouver. Among people deceased in 1827, William Blake ranks 5. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Alessandro Volta, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. After him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Wilhelm Hauff, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ugo Foscolo, Samuel Crompton, and George Canning.
1757 - 1836
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 1
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 2
1757 - 1822
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 3
1757 - 1794
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 4
1757 - 1834
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 5
1757 - 1806
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 6
1757 - 1816
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 7
1757 - 1831
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 8
1757 - 1828
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 9
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 10
1757 - 1831
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 11
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 12
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.58
Rank: 1
1745 - 1827
HPI: 86.22
Rank: 2
1749 - 1827
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 3
1746 - 1827
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 4
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 5
1788 - 1827
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 6
1750 - 1827
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 7
1802 - 1827
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 8
1767 - 1827
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 9
1778 - 1827
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 10
1753 - 1827
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 11
1770 - 1827
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Blake ranks 91 out of 6,924. Before him are Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), Emily Brontë (1818), Roger Moore (1927), David Livingstone (1813), Walter Scott (1771), and Ian McKellen (1939). After him are Maggie Smith (1934), Mary Boleyn (1499), J. M. W. Turner (1775), Alex Ferguson (1941), Christopher Lee (1922), and Edward VIII (1894).
1850 - 1894
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 85
1818 - 1848
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 86
1927 - 2017
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 87
1813 - 1873
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 88
1771 - 1832
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 89
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 90
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 91
1934 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 92
1499 - 1543
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 93
1775 - 1851
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 94
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 95
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 96
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 97
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Blake ranks 14. Before him are Lewis Carroll (1832), Virginia Woolf (1882), Mary Shelley (1797), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), Emily Brontë (1818), and Walter Scott (1771). After him are Charlotte Brontë (1816), Aldous Huxley (1894), H. G. Wells (1866), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), John Milton (1608), and Arthur C. Clarke (1917).
1832 - 1898
HPI: 83.81
Rank: 8
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.68
Rank: 9
1797 - 1851
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 10
1850 - 1894
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 11
1818 - 1848
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 12
1771 - 1832
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 13
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 14
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 15
1894 - 1963
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 16
1866 - 1946
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 17
1343 - 1400
HPI: 79.96
Rank: 18
1608 - 1674
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 19
1917 - 2008
HPI: 79.21
Rank: 20