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John Gay

1685 - 1732

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John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Gay is the 1,646th most popular writer (down from 1,536th in 2019), the 1,476th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the 160th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Gay ranks 1,646 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Silverberg, Mao Dun, Elizabeth George, Robert Wilson, Fran Krsto Frankopan, and Petar Zrinski. After him are Hassan ibn Thabit, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Ildefonsus, Attila József, and Maria Valtorta.

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Among people born in 1685, John Gay ranks 11. Before him are George Berkeley, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Brook Taylor, Johann Maria Farina, Jean-Marc Nattier, and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve. After him are Edward England, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, William Kent, Dominikus Zimmermann, and Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Among people deceased in 1732, John Gay ranks 5. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Emperor Reigen, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Louis Marchand. After him are André Charles Boulle, Woodes Rogers, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gay ranks 1,476 out of 8,785. Before him are David Hemmings (1941), Bob Paisley (1919), Catherine Bell (1968), Steve Hackett (1950), Michael Moorcock (1939), and Cheryl (1983). After him are Cliff Williams (1949), David Thewlis (1963), Claire Forlani (1971), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Malcolm Lowry (1909), and Charles Rolls (1877).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Gay ranks 160. Before him are Joseph Needham (1900), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), John Mandeville (1300), Constance Lloyd (1858), and Michael Moorcock (1939). After him are Malcolm Lowry (1909), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Karen Armstrong (1944), Robert Harris (1957), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), and Frederic W. H. Myers (1843).

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