Writer

Philip Sidney

1554 - 1586

EN.WIKIPEDIA PAGE VIEWS (PV)

Photo of Philip Sidney

Icon of person Philip Sidney

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2024). Philip Sidney is the 2,022nd most popular writer (up from 2,352nd in 2024), the 1,774th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,743rd in 2019) and the 193rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Philip Sidney by language

Loading...

Among Writers

Among writers, Philip Sidney ranks 2,022 out of 7,302Before him are Audre Lorde, Johann Nestroy, Katia Mann, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Marko Vovchok, and Jeremias Gotthelf. After him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Yehuda Amichai, Elvira Madigan, and Ion of Chios.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Philip Sidney ranks 10Before him are Walter Raleigh, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Marietta Robusti, Philip William, Prince of Orange, and Bálint Balassi. After him are Ernest of Bavaria, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Bartolomeo Carducci, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Richard Hooker, and John Lyly. Among people deceased in 1586, Philip Sidney ranks 12Before him are Primož Trubar, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Birbal, and Luis de Morales. After him are Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Ignazio Danti, Martín de Azpilcueta, and Adam Lonicer.

Others Born in 1554

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1586

Go to all Rankings

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Sidney ranks 1,774 out of NaNBefore him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), John Graunt (1620), John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), Paul McGrath (1959), and Rosamund Pike (1979). After him are Paul Scofield (1922), Edward Blyth (1810), Robert Stevenson (1905), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Vera Lynn (1917), and Robert Pattinson (1986).

Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philip Sidney ranks 193Before him are James Murray (1837), Thomas Kyd (1558), James Herriot (1916), Robert Southey (1774), George Meredith (1828), and Robert Chambers (1802). After him are Anne Perry (1938), George MacDonald (1824), Frederick Marryat (1792), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Marjorie Boulton (1924), and Kingsley Amis (1922).

العربية中文NederlandsEnglishFrançaisDeutschMagyarItaliano日本語PolskiPortuguêsРусскийEspañol