1422 - 1491
William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books. His parentage and date of birth are not known for certain, but he may have been born between 1415 and 1424, perhaps in the Weald or wood land of Kent, perhaps in Hadlow or Tenterden. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Caxton has received more than 868,475 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). William Caxton is the 1,790th most popular writer (down from 1,640th in 2019), the 1,409th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,286th in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, William Caxton ranks 1,790 out of 5,755. Before him are Ion of Chios, Robert Silverberg, Anne Perry, Telesilla, Hugh Lofting, and John of Ephesus. After him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Jorge Manrique, Margarete Buber-Neumann, I. L. Peretz, Donald E. Westlake, and Konstantin Paustovsky.
490 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,784
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,785
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,786
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,787
1886 - 1947
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,788
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 1,789
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,790
1877 - 1974
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,791
1440 - 1479
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,792
1901 - 1989
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,793
1852 - 1915
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,794
1933 - 2008
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,795
1892 - 1968
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,796
Among people born in 1422, William Caxton ranks 5. Before him are Agnès Sorel, Federico da Montefeltro, Mircea II of Wallachia, and Gaston IV, Count of Foix. After him are Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza. Among people deceased in 1491, William Caxton ranks 3. Before him are Martin Schongauer and Afonso, Prince of Portugal.
1422 - 1450
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 1
1422 - 1482
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 2
1422 - 1447
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 3
1422 - 1472
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 4
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 5
1422 - 1481
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 6
1422 - 1457
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 7
1450 - 1491
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 1
1475 - 1491
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 2
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 3
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Caxton ranks 1,409 out of 7,765. Before him are Stevie Young (1956), Aphra Behn (1640), Simon Stock (1164), Anne Perry (1938), Hugh Lofting (1886), and Patrick Head (1946). After him are Andy Summers (1942), John Guillermin (1925), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Roger Byrne (1929), Sebastian Coe (1956), and Frances Fisher (1952).
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 1,403
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,404
1164 - 1265
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,405
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,406
1886 - 1947
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,407
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 1,408
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,409
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,410
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,411
1785 - 1828
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,412
1929 - 1958
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,413
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,414
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,415
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Caxton ranks 154. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Thomas Wyatt (1503), Peter Shaffer (1926), Aphra Behn (1640), Anne Perry (1938), and Hugh Lofting (1886). After him are Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Brian Aldiss (1925), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Lucinda Riley (1965), Anthony Trollope (1815), and George MacDonald (1824).
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
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 156
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 157
1965 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 158
1815 - 1882
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 159
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 160