1903 - 1988
Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Paton has received more than 544,930 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alan Paton is the 4,155th most popular writer (down from 3,982nd in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from South Africa (up from 85th in 2019) and the 11th most popular South African Writer.
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Among writers, Alan Paton ranks 4,155 out of 5,755. Before him are Pepetela, Paul Du Chaillu, Platon Oyunsky, Wen Yiduo, Ivan Shmelyov, and Sarah Kane. After him are Ion Druță, Mary Norton, François Cavanna, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Jesús Moncada, and François le Métel de Boisrobert.
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 4,149
1835 - 1903
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 4,150
1893 - 1939
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 4,151
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 4,152
1873 - 1950
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 4,153
1971 - 1999
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 4,154
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 4,155
1928 - 2023
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 4,156
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 4,157
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 4,158
1928 - 1983
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 4,159
1941 - 2005
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 4,160
1592 - 1662
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 4,161
Among people born in 1903, Alan Paton ranks 206. Before him are Theo Lingen, Jack Oakie, Domingo Tarasconi, Lev Dovator, Rafael Paasio, and Nilo Murtinho Braga. After him are Mary Norton, Pierre Brossolette, Curly Howard, Guillermo Saavedra, Germán Busch, and René Wellek. Among people deceased in 1988, Alan Paton ranks 138. Before him are Sándor Bíró, Ferenc Sas, Roy Urquhart, Franca Raimondi, Frederick Loewe, and I. A. L. Diamond. After him are Anatoly Levchenko, Francisco Rodrigues, Emeric Pressburger, Herbert Feigl, Abdulrahman Fawzi, and Marta Abba.
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 200
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 201
1903 - 1991
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 202
1903 - 1941
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 203
1903 - 1980
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 204
1903 - 1975
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 205
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 206
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 207
1903 - 1944
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 208
1903 - 1952
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 209
1903 - 1957
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 210
1903 - 1939
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 211
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 212
1911 - 1988
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 132
1915 - 1988
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 133
1901 - 1988
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 134
1932 - 1988
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 135
1901 - 1988
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 136
1920 - 1988
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 137
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 138
1941 - 1988
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 139
1925 - 1988
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 140
1902 - 1988
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 141
1902 - 1988
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 142
1909 - 1988
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 143
1900 - 1988
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 144
Among people born in South Africa, Alan Paton ranks 81 out of 374. Before him are Cecil Kellaway (1890), Evelyn Mase (1922), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Deon Meyer (1958), Oliver Tambo (1917), and Walter Sisulu (1912). After him are Gary Player (1935), Claude Chevalley (1909), Chris Hani (1942), Max Gluckman (1911), Frances Ames (1920), and Jan de Klerk (1903).
1890 - 1973
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 75
1922 - 2004
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 76
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 77
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 78
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 79
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 80
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 81
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 82
1909 - 1984
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 83
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 84
1911 - 1975
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 85
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 86
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 87
Among writers born in South Africa, Alan Paton ranks 11. Before him are André Brink (1935), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), and Deon Meyer (1958). After him are Ingrid Jonker (1933), Elisabeth Eybers (1915), Elsa Joubert (1922), Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), and Antjie Krog (1952).
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 5
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 6
1829 - 1888
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 7
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 8
1906 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 10
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 11
1933 - 1965
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 12
1915 - 2007
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 13
1922 - 2020
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 14
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 15
1871 - 1946
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 16
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 17