WRITER

Jane Austen

1775 - 1817

Photo of Jane Austen

Icon of person Jane Austen

Jane Austen ( OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are implicit critiques of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of social commentary, realism, wit, and irony have earned her acclaim amongst critics and scholars. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Austen is the 126th most popular writer (down from 47th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 35th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Writer.

Jane Austen is most famous for her novels, such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jane Austen by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jane Austen ranks 126 out of 7,302. Before her are Ismail I, Mario Vargas Llosa, Federico García Lorca, Muhammad Iqbal, Ivo Andrić, and Naguib Mahfouz. After her are Ammianus Marcellinus, Apuleius, Sully Prudhomme, Jean de La Fontaine, Ezra Pound, and François Villon.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Jane Austen ranks 2. Before her is André-Marie Ampère. After her are Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Bahadur Shah Zafar, J. M. W. Turner, Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, and François-Adrien Boieldieu. Among people deceased in 1817, Jane Austen ranks 1. After her are Princess Charlotte of Wales, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, Charles Messier, André Masséna, Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.

Others Born in 1775

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1817

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Austen ranks 103 out of 8,785. Before her are Sean Connery (1930), Edward Jenner (1749), William Wallace (1270), Oliver Cromwell (1599), John Dee (1527), and Alex Ferguson (1941). After her are Edward Heath (1916), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Anne Hathaway (1556), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and Edgar the Peaceful (943).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jane Austen ranks 11. Before her are Thomas Hardy (1840), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Lord Byron (1788), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), and Virginia Woolf (1882). After her are Lewis Carroll (1832), Emily Brontë (1818), Mary Shelley (1797), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), and Walter Scott (1771).

British born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous