WRITER

William Shakespeare

1564 - 1616

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Shakespeare has received more than 30,871,301 page views. His biography is available in 202 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 194 in 2019). William Shakespeare is the most popular writer, the 2nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the most popular British Writer.

William Shakespeare is most famous for writing the plays Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Memorability Metrics

31M
Page Views (PV)
94.55
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
202
Languages Editions (L)
14.23
Effective Languages (L*)
5.87
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Shakespeare ranks 1 out of 5,794. After him are Dante Alighieri, Homer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, J. R. R. Tolkien, Hans Christian Andersen, Voltaire, Franz Kafka, Leo Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 94.55
Rank: 1
Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.91
Rank: 2
Homer
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 92.32
Rank: 3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
HPI: 91.73
Rank: 4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 - 1881
HPI: 91.42
Rank: 5
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 91.11
Rank: 6
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.93
Rank: 7
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 90.89
Rank: 8
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 90.26
Rank: 9
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 90.13
Rank: 10
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.96
Rank: 11
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 89.63
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, William Shakespeare ranks 2. Before him is Galileo Galilei. After him are Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, William Adams, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Francisco Pacheco, Joos de Momper, and Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1616, William Shakespeare ranks 1. After him are Miguel de Cervantes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Jacob Le Maire, Simeon Bekbulatovich, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Tang Xianzu, and Kuzma Minin.

Others Born in 1564

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Galileo Galilei
1564 - 1642
HPI: 95.35
Rank: 1
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 94.55
Rank: 2
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
1564 - 1636
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 3
Christopher Marlowe
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 4
William Adams
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 5
Paulo Miki
1564 - 1597
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 6
David Fabricius
1564 - 1617
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 7
Hans Leo Hassler
1564 - 1612
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
Ahmad Sirhindi
1564 - 1624
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 9
Francisco Pacheco
1564 - 1644
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 10
Joos de Momper
1564 - 1635
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 11
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1564 - 1613
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 12