Questions · Books · author
William Shakespeare
60 models
named it across 2 questions · each model counted once per question
Other answers to the same questions: Leo Tolstoy · Homer · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Virginia Woolf
In their words
“Here's a ranking — inherently subjective, but based on influence, innovation, and lasting impact on world literature: 1.”
Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 5 · William Shakespeare
“A defensible, necessarily subjective top ten—weighted for artistic achievement, influence, range, and endurance: 1. William Shakespeare — The supreme dramatist in any language: psychologically profound, verbally unmatched, and endlessly adaptable.”
OpenAI · GPT-5.6 Terra · William Shakespeare
“Identifying the "greatest" authors of all time is highly subjective, as literary greatness depends on cultural backgrounds, historical contexts, and personal perspectives.”
Google · Gemini 3.1 Pro · William Shakespeare
“**William Shakespeare, Homer, Dante Alighieri, Miguel de Cervantes, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Murasaki Shikibu (in that order).”
xAI · Grok 4.6 · William Shakespeare
“Here is my ranking of the ten greatest authors of all time, along with a brief reason for each: 1.”
Anthropic · Claude 3 Haiku · William Shakespeare
“Ranking the ten greatest authors of all time is a highly subjective task, as literary greatness often depends on cultural impact, influence, and personal taste.”
DeepSeek · DeepSeek Chat V3 0324 · William Shakespeare
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