1670 - 1729
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician. His works, which form an important component of Restoration literature, were known for their use of satire and the comedy of manners genre. Notable plays he wrote include The Old Bachelor (1693), The Double Dealer (1694), Love for Love (1695), The Mourning Bride (1697) and The Way of the World (1700). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Congreve has received more than 835,554 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William Congreve is the 2,518th most popular writer (up from 3,227th in 2019), the 1,922nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,412th in 2019) and the 220th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, William Congreve ranks 2,518 out of 5,755. Before him are Predrag Matvejević, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Edith Pargeter, Stephenie Meyer, Gitta Sereny, and Begum Rokeya. After him are Yury Yakovlev, Arthur Young, Commodian, Johannes Mario Simmel, Ilse Aichinger, and Ram Prasad Bismil.
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,512
1480 - 1557
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,513
1913 - 1995
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,514
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,515
1921 - 2012
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2,516
1880 - 1932
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2,517
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 2,518
1928 - 2013
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 2,519
1741 - 1820
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 2,520
300 - 300
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 2,521
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,522
1921 - 2016
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,523
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,524
Among people born in 1670, William Congreve ranks 15. Before him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, and Rajaram I. After him are Domenico Trezzini, Zheng Keshuang, Turlough O'Carolan, Olof Celsius, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Julie d'Aubigny. Among people deceased in 1729, William Congreve ranks 10. Before him are Jacob Roggeveen, Jean Meslier, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Johann David Heinichen. After him are John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Samuel Clarke, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Attilio Ariosti, Louis Antoine de Noailles, and Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
1670 - 1734
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 9
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 10
1670 - 1731
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 11
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 12
1670 - 1742
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 13
1670 - 1700
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 14
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 15
1670 - 1734
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 16
1670 - 1707
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 17
1670 - 1738
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 18
1670 - 1756
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 19
1670 - 1728
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 20
1670 - 1707
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 21
1659 - 1729
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 4
1664 - 1729
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1673 - 1729
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 6
1665 - 1729
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 7
1658 - 1729
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 8
1683 - 1729
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 10
1666 - 1729
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 11
1675 - 1729
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 12
1694 - 1729
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 13
1666 - 1729
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 14
1651 - 1729
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 15
1709 - 1729
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 1,922 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), John Alcock (1892), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Willibald (700), Alfred Fowler (1868), and Damon Albarn (1968). After him are Cuthbert (635), Arthur Young (1741), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), and Aelred of Rievaulx (1110).
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1,916
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,917
1847 - 1929
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,918
700 - 787
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,919
1868 - 1940
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,920
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,921
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,922
635 - 687
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,923
1741 - 1820
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,924
1876 - 1928
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,925
1776 - 1857
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 1,926
1882 - 1958
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 1,927
1110 - 1167
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 1,928
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Congreve ranks 220. Before him are Terry Eagleton (1943), Renée Vivien (1877), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Philip Kerr (1956), E. Nesbit (1858), and Edith Pargeter (1913). After him are Arthur Young (1741), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Mary Astell (1666), John Christopher (1922), William Ernest Henley (1849), and Leonard Woolf (1880).
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 214
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 215
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 216
1956 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 217
1858 - 1924
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 218
1913 - 1995
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 219
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 220
1741 - 1820
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 221
1110 - 1167
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 222
1666 - 1731
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 223
1922 - 2012
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 224
1849 - 1903
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 225
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 226