Writer
Arthur Conan Doyle
British detective fiction author
1859 - 1930
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Arthur Conan Doyle
His biography is available in 120 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Conan Doyle is the 71st most popular writer (down from 64th in 2024), the 66th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 45th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Writer.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is most famous for his Sherlock Holmes series.
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Arthur Conan Doyle's biography appears in 120 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Writers.
May 22
Arthur Conan Doyle shares a May 22 birthday with Richard Wagner, Charles Aznavour, and Betty Williams.
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Arthur Conan Doyle's Wikipedia page drew 1.6M views over the past year — 13× the average among Writers.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Arthur Conan Doyle ranks 71 out of 7,302. Before him are Bertolt Brecht, Selma Lagerlöf, Rabindranath Tagore, Jorge Luis Borges, Stefan Zweig, and Thomas Mann. After him are Robert Frost, Romain Rolland, Charles Perrault, Umberto Eco, Giacomo Casanova, and Sappho.
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Bertolt Brecht
1898 - 1956
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 65
Selma Lagerlöf
1858 - 1940
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 66
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 - 1941
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 67
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 - 1986
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 68
Stefan Zweig
1881 - 1942
HPI: 83.35
Rank: 69
Thomas Mann
1875 - 1955
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 70
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 71
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 72
Romain Rolland
1866 - 1944
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 73
Charles Perrault
1628 - 1703
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 74
Umberto Eco
1932 - 2016
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 75
Giacomo Casanova
1725 - 1798
HPI: 83.07
Rank: 76
Sappho
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 77
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle ranks 3. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and Pierre Curie. After him are Henri Bergson, L. L. Zamenhof, Knut Hamsun, Edmund Husserl, Svante Arrhenius, John Dewey, Georges Seurat, Alfred Dreyfus, and Yuan Shikai. Among people deceased in 1930, Arthur Conan Doyle ranks 1. After him are D. H. Lawrence, Fridtjof Nansen, Ilya Repin, Alfred Wegener, Mary Harris Jones, Zewditu, Allvar Gullstrand, Fritz Pregl, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Christiaan Eijkman, and William Howard Taft.
Others Born in 1859
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Wilhelm II, German Emperor
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1941
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 1
Pierre Curie
PHYSICIST
1859 - 1906
HPI: 84.35
Rank: 2
Arthur Conan Doyle
WRITER
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 3
Henri Bergson
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1941
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 4
L. L. Zamenhof
PHYSICIAN
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 5
Knut Hamsun
WRITER
1859 - 1952
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 6
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 7
Svante Arrhenius
CHEMIST
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 8
John Dewey
PSYCHOLOGIST
1859 - 1952
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 9
Georges Seurat
PAINTER
1859 - 1891
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 10
Alfred Dreyfus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1859 - 1935
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 11
Yuan Shikai
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1930
Go to all RankingsArthur Conan Doyle
WRITER
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 1
D. H. Lawrence
WRITER
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 2
Fridtjof Nansen
EXPLORER
1861 - 1930
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 3
Ilya Repin
PAINTER
1844 - 1930
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 4
Alfred Wegener
GEOLOGIST
1880 - 1930
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 5
Mary Harris Jones
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1837 - 1930
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 6
Zewditu
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1930
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 7
Allvar Gullstrand
PHYSICIAN
1862 - 1930
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 8
Fritz Pregl
CHEMIST
1869 - 1930
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 9
Vladimir Mayakovsky
WRITER
1893 - 1930
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 10
Christiaan Eijkman
PHYSICIAN
1858 - 1930
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 11
William Howard Taft
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1930
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Conan Doyle ranks 66 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Victor Appleton (1892), John Lennon (1940), John Dalton (1766), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), David Hume (1711), and Lord Mountbatten (1900). After him are James V of Scotland (1512), Aleister Crowley (1875), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), Edward the Black Prince (1330), Robert Hooke (1635), and Lord Byron (1788).
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Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 60
John Lennon
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1980
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 61
John Dalton
CHEMIST
1766 - 1844
HPI: 83.53
Rank: 62
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
PHYSICIST
1824 - 1907
HPI: 83.39
Rank: 63
David Hume
PHILOSOPHER
1711 - 1776
HPI: 83.28
Rank: 64
Lord Mountbatten
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1979
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 65
Arthur Conan Doyle
WRITER
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 66
James V of Scotland
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1542
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 67
Aleister Crowley
OCCULTIST
1875 - 1947
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 68
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1919
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 69
Edward the Black Prince
NOBLEMAN
1330 - 1376
HPI: 83.11
Rank: 70
Robert Hooke
PHYSICIST
1635 - 1703
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 71
Lord Byron
WRITER
1788 - 1824
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 72
Among Writers In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Conan Doyle ranks 6. Before him are William Shakespeare (1564), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), Charles Dickens (1812), and Thomas Hardy (1840). After him are Lord Byron (1788), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), Virginia Woolf (1882), Jane Austen (1775), and Lewis Carroll (1832).
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 1
Agatha Christie
1890 - 1976
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 2
H. G. Wells
1866 - 1946
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 3
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 4
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 5
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 6
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 7
D. H. Lawrence
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 8
Daniel Defoe
1660 - 1731
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 9
Virginia Woolf
1882 - 1941
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 10
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 11
Lewis Carroll
1832 - 1898
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 12
