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John Fowles

English novelist

1926 - 2005

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His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). John Fowles is the 1,021st most popular writer (down from 992nd in 2024), the 944th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Writer.

John Fowles is most famous for his novel The French Lieutenant's Woman.

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#944 / 9,870

John Fowles ranks #944 among 9,870 people in Pantheon born in United Kingdom, inside the top 10% of that group.

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John Fowles's biography appears in 49 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 90% of all Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, John Fowles ranks 1,021 out of 7,707. Before him are Fyodor Tyutchev, Nicolas Chamfort, Johann Peter Eckermann, Clément Marot, Eleanor H. Porter, and Ann Radcliffe. After him are Gregory Skovoroda, Egeria, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Claude Carrière, Alexandra David-Néel, and Edith Södergran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, John Fowles ranks 71. Before him are Ingrid Thulin, Jean-Pierre Serre, Harry Dean Stanton, Salah Jadid, Sergio Corbucci, and Joan Sutherland. After him are Yoshio Okada, George Martin, Hilary Putnam, Jorge Medina, György Kurtág, and Andrew Schally. Among people deceased in 2005, John Fowles ranks 44. Before him are George F. Kennan, Akira Yoshizawa, Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, and Brother Roger. After him are Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Robert Wise, Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Smalley, Rosemary Kennedy, and Peter Benenson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Fowles ranks 944 out of 9,870. Before him are Simon Cowell (1959), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Thomas Cook (1808), Ray Milland (1907), and Ann Radcliffe (1764). After him are George Martin (1926), William Penn (1645), Naomi Watts (1968), Damon Hill (1960), G. I. Taylor (1886), and Ken Hensley (1945).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Fowles ranks 103. Before him are Samuel Butler (1612), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Philip Pullman (1946), George Gissing (1857), E. M. Forster (1879), and Ann Radcliffe (1764). After him are Thomas Malory (1405), Edmund Spenser (1552), James Hadley Chase (1906), John Dryden (1631), Robert Graves (1895), and Brian O'Nolan (1911).

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