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John Bunyan

1628 - 1688

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John Bunyan (; 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. Bunyan came from the village of Elstow, near Bedford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Bunyan is the 830th most popular writer (up from 831st in 2019), the 781st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 634th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Writer.

John Bunyan is most famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress.

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Among writers, John Bunyan ranks 830 out of 7,302. Before him are Wilhelm Hauff, Theodore Beza, Alain-René Lesage, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Ostrovsky, and Kobayashi Issa. After him are Bacchylides, Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, L. Ron Hubbard, and Miroslav Krleža.

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Among people born in 1628, John Bunyan ranks 5. Before him are Charles Perrault, Jacob van Ruisdael, Marcello Malpighi, and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Muazzez Sultan, François Girardon, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Carlo Cignani, and Tokugawa Mitsukuni. Among people deceased in 1688, John Bunyan ranks 4. Before him are Henry Morgan, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Claude Perrault. After him are Ferdinand Verbiest, Joachim von Sandrart, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Narai, Philip de Koninck, Constantine Phaulkon, Philippe Quinault, and Abraham Duquesne.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bunyan ranks 781 out of 8,785. Before him are William Jackson Hooker (1785), James II of Scotland (1430), Amy Winehouse (1983), Derek Jacobi (1938), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), and Fred Perry (1909). After him are James Callaghan (1912), Andy Cole (1971), Jean Simmons (1929), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Henry Every (1659), and Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Bunyan ranks 81. Before him are Aubrey Beardsley (1872), William Beckford (1760), Henry Fielding (1707), Ben Jonson (1572), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310). After him are William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Julian Barnes (1946), Douglas Adams (1952), James May (1963), Ian McEwan (1948), and Ernest Thompson Seton (1860).

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