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 7,722,112 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). William Blake is the 139th most popular writer (down from 130th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 91st 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 139 out of 5,755. Before him are Günter Grass, Charles Baudelaire, Rudyard Kipling, Charlotte Brontë, Catullus, and Tove Jansson. After him are H. G. Wells, Kālidāsa, Mikhail Bulgakov, Aldous Huxley, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Emily Brontë.
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 133
1821 - 1867
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 134
1865 - 1936
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 135
1816 - 1855
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 136
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 137
1914 - 2001
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 138
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 139
1866 - 1946
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 140
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 141
1891 - 1940
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 142
1894 - 1963
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 143
1880 - 1918
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 144
1818 - 1848
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 145
Among people born in 1757, William Blake ranks 2. Before him is Charles X of France. After him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Antonio Canova, Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Pierre Augereau, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Ignaz Pleyel, Rigas Feraios, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 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, Samuel Crompton, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ugo Foscolo, and Ernst Chladni.
1757 - 1836
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 1
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 2
1757 - 1834
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 3
1757 - 1822
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 4
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 5
1757 - 1831
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 6
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 7
1757 - 1806
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 8
1757 - 1831
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 9
1757 - 1798
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 10
1757 - 1828
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 11
1757 - 1798
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 12
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1745 - 1827
HPI: 83.08
Rank: 2
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 3
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 4
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 5
1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 7
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 8
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 9
1767 - 1827
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 11
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Blake ranks 108 out of 7,765. Before him are Charlotte Brontë (1816), Liam Neeson (1952), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), Edward VII (1841), and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758). After him are H. G. Wells (1866), Elizabeth of York (1466), Aldous Huxley (1894), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), and Emily Brontë (1818).
1816 - 1855
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 102
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 103
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 104
1961 - 1997
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 105
1841 - 1910
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 106
1758 - 1805
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 107
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 108
1866 - 1946
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 109
1466 - 1503
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 110
1894 - 1963
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 111
1738 - 1820
HPI: 74.34
Rank: 112
1840 - 1901
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 113
1818 - 1848
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 114
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Blake ranks 14. Before him are Virginia Woolf (1882), Lewis Carroll (1832), Mary Shelley (1797), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), Walter Scott (1771), and Charlotte Brontë (1816). After him are H. G. Wells (1866), Aldous Huxley (1894), Emily Brontë (1818), Ian Fleming (1908), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), and Geoffrey Chaucer (1343).
1882 - 1941
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
1832 - 1898
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 9
1797 - 1851
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 10
1850 - 1894
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 11
1771 - 1832
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 12
1816 - 1855
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 13
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 14
1866 - 1946
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 15
1894 - 1963
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 16
1818 - 1848
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 17
1908 - 1964
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 18
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 19
1343 - 1400
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 20