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Alan Bennett

1934 - Today

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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. Over his entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for his film The Madness of King George (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Bennett has received more than 3,244,520 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Bennett is the 4,265th most popular writer (down from 4,202nd in 2019), the 3,163rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,157th in 2019) and the 364th most popular British Writer.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 47.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Bennett ranks 4,265 out of 5,755Before him are Dmitry Gulia, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Rosa Montero, Milovan Glišić, Rosa Sensat, and Jan Arnald. After him are Anita Loos, Abbas Sahhat, William Gaddis, André Schwarz-Bart, Francis Marrash, and Olav Duun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Alan Bennett ranks 297Before him are Marek Hłasko, Turan Dursun, Lasse Mårtenson, Mario David, Francesco Monterisi, and Zlatko Papec. After him are Zaid ibn Shaker, Kamala Surayya, Diane di Prima, Galina Bystrova, Héctor De Bourgoing, and Lyudmila Shevtsova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Bennett ranks 3,163 out of 7,765Before him are Eva Le Gallienne (1899), Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Lily James (1989), Clive Swift (1936), John Robison (1739), and Geoff Bent (1932). After him are Gwendoline Christie (1978), Billie Whitelaw (1932), Michael Mann (1942), Charles Dawson (1864), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), and Mike Parkes (1931).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Bennett ranks 364Before him are Mary Stewart (1916), Tanith Lee (1947), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Robert Kerr (1755), and Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844). After him are Thomas Middleton (1580), Stephen Baxter (1957), Amelia Edwards (1831), Bob Shaw (1931), John Mawe (1764), and Isaac Watts (1674).