WRITER
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Shakespeare is the 3rd most popular writer, the 5th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular British Writer.
William Shakespeare is most famous for writing the plays Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, William Shakespeare ranks 3 out of 7,302. Before him are Homer, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. After him are Dante Alighieri, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, and Voltaire.
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Homer
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 95.41
Rank: 1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 2
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 3
Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
HPI: 90.96
Rank: 5
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 6
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 7
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 8
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 89.82
Rank: 9
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 10
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 11
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1564, William Shakespeare ranks 2. Before him is Galileo Galilei. After him are William Adams, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Federico Borromeo. Among people deceased in 1616, William Shakespeare ranks 1. After him are Miguel de Cervantes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Jacob Le Maire, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Simeon Bekbulatovich, and Johannes Fabricius.
Others Born in 1564
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Galileo Galilei
ASTRONOMER
1564 - 1642
HPI: 95.08
Rank: 1
William Shakespeare
WRITER
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 2
William Adams
EXPLORER
1564 - 1620
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 3
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
PAINTER
1564 - 1636
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 4
Christopher Marlowe
WRITER
1564 - 1593
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 5
Paulo Miki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1564 - 1597
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 6
David Fabricius
ASTRONOMER
1564 - 1617
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 7
Francisco Pacheco
PAINTER
1564 - 1644
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 8
Hans Leo Hassler
COMPOSER
1564 - 1612
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 9
Ahmad Sirhindi
PHILOSOPHER
1564 - 1624
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 10
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
NOBLEMAN
1564 - 1613
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 11
Federico Borromeo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1564 - 1631
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1616
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WRITER
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 1
Miguel de Cervantes
WRITER
1547 - 1616
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 2
Tokugawa Ieyasu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1542 - 1616
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 3
Maria Anna of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
1574 - 1616
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 4
Vincenzo Scamozzi
ARCHITECT
1548 - 1616
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 5
Jacob Le Maire
POLITICIAN
1585 - 1616
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 6
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
WRITER
1539 - 1616
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 7
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
NOBLEMAN
1575 - 1616
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 8
Andreas Libavius
CHEMIST
1555 - 1616
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 9
Magdalene of Brandenburg
COMPANION
1582 - 1616
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 10
Simeon Bekbulatovich
POLITICIAN
1600 - 1616
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 11
Johannes Fabricius
ASTRONOMER
1587 - 1616
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Shakespeare ranks 5 out of 8,785. Before him are Isaac Newton (1643), Elizabeth I of England (1533), Henry VIII of England (1491), and Adam Smith (1723). After him are Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), Charles Darwin (1809), George VI (1895), Francis Bacon (1561), Charles I of England (1600), Charlie Chaplin (1889), and George V (1865).
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Isaac Newton
PHYSICIST
1643 - 1726
HPI: 99.44
Rank: 1
Elizabeth I of England
POLITICIAN
1533 - 1603
HPI: 96.04
Rank: 2
Henry VIII of England
NOBLEMAN
1491 - 1547
HPI: 94.65
Rank: 3
Adam Smith
ECONOMIST
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
Rank: 4
William Shakespeare
WRITER
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 5
Charles, Prince of Wales
NOBLEMAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 91.70
Rank: 6
Charles Darwin
BIOLOGIST
1809 - 1882
HPI: 91.48
Rank: 7
George VI
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1952
HPI: 90.71
Rank: 8
Francis Bacon
PHILOSOPHER
1561 - 1626
HPI: 90.32
Rank: 9
Charles I of England
POLITICIAN
1600 - 1649
HPI: 89.90
Rank: 10
Charlie Chaplin
ACTOR
1889 - 1977
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 11
George V
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1936
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 12
Among WRITERS In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Shakespeare ranks 1. After him are Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), Charles Dickens (1812), Thomas Hardy (1840), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Lord Byron (1788), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), Virginia Woolf (1882), Jane Austen (1775), and Lewis Carroll (1832).
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 1
Agatha Christie
1890 - 1976
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 2
H. G. Wells
1866 - 1946
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 3
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 4
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 5
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 6
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 7
D. H. Lawrence
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 8
Daniel Defoe
1660 - 1731
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 9
Virginia Woolf
1882 - 1941
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 10
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 11
Lewis Carroll
1832 - 1898
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 12
