Lord Byron was born on January 22, 1788[1], in City of Westminster[2]. He died on April 19, 1824[3], in Missolonghi[4]. He worked as a poet[5], lyricist[6], politician[7], autobiographer[8], and translator[9]. He ranks in the top 0.11% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46,703 views/month, #1,091 of 1,000,298).[10]
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Things named for Lord Byron include Byronic hero[60], Vyronas[61], Byron[62], Byronism[63], Lord Byron School[64], and 3306 Byron[65].
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Lord Byron has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] He is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
He has been cited as an influence by Alexander Pushkin[68], a poet[69], 1799–1837[70], of Russian Empire[71], specialised in study of history[72]; Percy Bysshe Shelley[73], a linguist[74], 1792–1822[75], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[76]; Heinrich Heine[77], a poet[78], 1797–1856[79], of Kingdom of Prussia[80], specialised in creative and professional writing[81]; Seamus Heaney[82], a playwright[83], 1939–2013[84], of Ireland[85], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[86], specialised in poetry[87]; Knut Hamsun[88], a writer[89], 1859–1952[90], of Norway[91], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[92]; and Adam Mickiewicz[93], a professor[94], 1798–1855[95], of Russian Empire[96], specialised in fiction[97].
Works attributed to him include Don Juan[98], Childe Harold's Pilgrimage[99], Manfred[100], She Walks in Beauty[101], Cain[102], and The Giaour[103]. Entities named for him include Byronic hero[60], Vyronas[61], Byron[62], Byronism[63], Lord Byron School[64], and 3306 Byron[65].
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