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Gilbert Adair

Scottish novelist and journalist

1944 - 2011

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His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Adair is the 5,261st most popular writer (down from 4,605th in 2024), the 4,182nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,298th in 2019) and the 449th most popular British Writer.

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Gilbert Adair shares a December 29 birthday with William Ewart Gladstone, Madame de Pompadour, and Elizabeth of Russia.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Gilbert Adair ranks 5,261 out of 7,302. Before him are Wacław Potocki, Charlotte Casiraghi, F. Sionil José, Nestor Kukolnik, José María de Pereda, and Damon Knight. After him are Yambo Ouologuem, Marie Noël, Frank Heller, Yann Martel, Abbas Sahhat, and John Antoine Nau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gilbert Adair ranks 546. Before him are Ticky Holgado, Ken Howard, Barbara Thompson, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Aleksandr Mikhailov, and Buchi Emecheta. After him are Erhard Keller, Maarten 't Hart, Frank Rühle, Jack Canfield, Armistead Maupin, and Sergei Solovyov. Among people deceased in 2011, Gilbert Adair ranks 341. Before him are Szeto Wah, Annette Charles, Ragnhild Hveger, Lewis Binford, Maurice Goldhaber, and Nasser Hejazi. After him are Célestin Oliver, Wenche Foss, Bhimsen Joshi, Milton Babbitt, Kjell Johansson, and Ragnar Lundberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Adair ranks 4,182 out of 8,785. Before him are Nathalie Emmanuel (1989), Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Peter Murphy (1957), Philippa York (1958), Tony Christie (1943), and Kay Kendall (1927). After him are Joe Jackson (1954), Geraldine Beamish (1883), Julian Bailey (1961), David Lloyd (1950), Sid Kimpton (1887), and Julian Richings (1955).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Adair ranks 449. Before him are Edith Sitwell (1887), Brian Lumley (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Jeanette Winterson (1959). After him are Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), A. E. Housman (1859), Bruno Heller (1960), Alan Bennett (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), and Norman Smith (1923).

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