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George Bernard Shaw

1856 - 1950

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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Bernard Shaw is the 89th most popular writer (up from 113th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Writer.

George Bernard Shaw is most famous for his plays, which include "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Bernard Shaw ranks 89 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniel Defoe, Abu Nuwas, Kālidāsa, Maxim Gorky, Du Fu, and Pablo Neruda. After him are Maurice Maeterlinck, Kurt Vonnegut, Giorgio Vasari, Milan Kundera, Heinrich Heine, and Louisa May Alcott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, George Bernard Shaw ranks 4. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Sigmund Freud, and J. J. Thomson. After him are Philippe Pétain, Woodrow Wilson, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Emil Kraepelin. Among people deceased in 1950, George Bernard Shaw ranks 3. Before him are George Orwell, and Vallabhbhai Patel. After him are Gustaf V of Sweden, Johannes V. Jensen, Joseph Schumpeter, Norman Haworth, Vaslav Nijinsky, Albert Lebrun, Léon Blum, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Heinrich Mann.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Bernard Shaw ranks 4 out of 549. Before him are James Joyce (1882), Oscar Wilde (1854), and Richard Harris (1930). After him are Robert Boyle (1627), Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), George Berkeley (1685), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, George Bernard Shaw ranks 3. Before him are James Joyce (1882), and Oscar Wilde (1854). After him are Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Laurence Sterne (1713), Joseph Murphy (1898), Iris Murdoch (1919), and Saint Gall (550).

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