1934 - 2019
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alasdair Gray has received more than 845,741 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alasdair Gray is the 5,457th most popular writer (down from 4,730th in 2019), the 4,483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,777th in 2019) and the 502nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Alasdair Gray ranks 5,457 out of 5,755. Before her are Majgull Axelsson, Nedim Gürsel, Alex Garland, Rói Patursson, Ali Smith, and Adelaide Anne Procter. After her are Khushwant Singh, Leon Kruczkowski, Kjell Espmark, Mary Oliver, Philip Agee, and Lydie Salvayre.
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 5,451
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 5,452
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 5,453
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 5,454
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 5,455
1825 - 1864
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 5,456
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 5,457
1915 - 2014
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 5,458
1900 - 1962
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 5,459
1930 - 2022
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 5,460
1935 - 2019
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 5,461
1935 - 2008
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 5,462
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 5,463
Among people born in 1934, Alasdair Gray ranks 431. Before her are Carmine Caridi, Jackie Pretorius, Gerry Hitchens, Antonina Ryzhova, Robert Stigwood, and Evy Berggren. After her are Van Williams, Tina Louise, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Jagdish Bhagwati, Leon Rotman, and Norma Croker. Among people deceased in 2019, Alasdair Gray ranks 409. Before her are Sigvard Ericsson, Carmine Caridi, Ilona Novák, Giovanni Bramucci, Eduard Krieger, and Heinz Fütterer. After her are Ingemar Hedberg, Mary Oliver, Joseph Pilato, Gerhard Auer, W. S. Merwin, and W. Morgan Sheppard.
1934 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 425
1934 - 2009
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 426
1934 - 1983
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 427
1934 - 2020
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 428
1934 - 2016
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 429
1934 - 2018
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 430
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 431
1934 - 2016
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 432
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 433
1934 - 1977
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 434
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 435
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 436
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 437
1930 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 403
1934 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 404
1925 - 2019
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 405
1946 - 2019
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 406
1946 - 2019
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 407
1931 - 2019
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 408
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 409
1920 - 2019
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 410
1935 - 2019
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 411
1949 - 2019
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 412
1943 - 2019
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 413
1927 - 2019
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 414
1932 - 2019
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 415
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alasdair Gray ranks 4,483 out of 7,765. Before her are Brian Bennett (1940), Ali Smith (1962), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Andy Fraser (1952), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), and Harry Blackstaffe (1868). After her are John Le Mesurier (1912), James Oglethorpe (1696), Iwan Rheon (1985), David Owen (1938), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), and Algernon Sidney (1623).
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 4,477
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 4,478
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 4,479
1952 - 2015
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 4,480
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 4,481
1868 - 1951
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 4,482
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 4,483
1912 - 1983
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 4,484
1696 - 1785
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 4,485
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 4,486
1938 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 4,487
1831 - 1890
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 4,488
1623 - 1683
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 4,489
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alasdair Gray ranks 502. Before her are Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Margaret Drabble (1939), Sam Houser (1972), David Storey (1933), Alex Garland (1970), and Ali Smith (1962). After her are Terence Rattigan (1911), Howard Jacobson (1942), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Walter de la Mare (1873), Iolo Morganwg (1747), and David Seidler (1937).
1320 - 1350
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 496
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 497
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 498
1933 - 2017
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 499
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 500
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 501
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 502
1911 - 1977
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 503
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 504
1823 - 1901
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 505
1873 - 1956
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 506
1747 - 1826
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 507
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 508