1939 - Today
Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2023, 89 full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Ayckbourn has received more than 489,511 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alan Ayckbourn is the 5,052nd most popular writer (down from 4,823rd in 2019), the 3,935th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,926th in 2019) and the 439th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 5,052 out of 5,755. Before him are Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Alain Decaux, Jonathan Stroud, Herberto Hélder, Robert J. Sawyer, and Jan Lechoń. After him are Sándor Bródy, Aquilino Ribeiro, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Wilhelm Geiger, James Hogg, and Peider Lansel.
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,046
1925 - 2016
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,047
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,048
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,049
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 5,050
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 5,051
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 5,052
1863 - 1924
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 5,053
1885 - 1963
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,054
1869 - 1944
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,055
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,056
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,057
1863 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,058
Among people born in 1939, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 407. Before him are Daniel Viglietti, Veniamin Soldatenko, Ivan Vutsov, Vladimír Weiss, Jalal Dabagh, and John W. Snow. After him are Étienne Mourrut, George M. Whitesides, Charles Cyphers, Michael Learned, Helen Prejean, and Orlando Quevedo.
1939 - 2017
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 401
1939 - 2023
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 402
1939 - 2019
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 403
1939 - 2018
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 404
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 405
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 406
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 407
1939 - 2014
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 408
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 409
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 410
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 411
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 412
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 413
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 3,935 out of 7,765. Before him are Frank Lampard (1948), Dennis Brain (1921), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), Henry Lawes (1595), Sam Brown (1964), and Isaac Roberts (1829). After him are Philip Hammond (1955), Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), James Hogg (1770), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Alice Eve (1982), and Richard Attwood (1940).
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 3,929
1921 - 1957
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 3,930
1936 - 2012
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 3,931
1595 - 1662
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 3,932
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 3,933
1829 - 1904
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 3,934
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 3,935
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 3,936
1870 - 1924
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 3,937
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 3,938
1617 - 1688
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 3,939
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 3,940
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 3,941
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 439. Before him are Mark Haddon (1962), Robert Herrick (1591), William Davenant (1606), Graham Swift (1949), Paula Yates (1959), and Jonathan Stroud (1970). After him are James Hogg (1770), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Charles Wilkins (1749), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Pauline Baynes (1922), and Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868).
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 433
1591 - 1674
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 434
1606 - 1668
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 435
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 436
1959 - 2000
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 437
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 438
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 439
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 440
1911 - 1997
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 441
1749 - 1836
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 442
1785 - 1866
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 443
1922 - 2008
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 444
1868 - 1947
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 445