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Arthur Hailey

1920 - 2004

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Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Hailey has received more than 497,456 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Arthur Hailey is the 1,178th most popular writer (down from 1,069th in 2019), the 941st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 838th in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Writer.

Arthur Hailey is most famous for his novel, "The Hotel" which was made into a film starring Rod Taylor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur Hailey ranks 1,178 out of 5,755. Before him are Elsa Triolet, Sophia Tolstaya, Léon Werth, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, and Chinua Achebe. After him are Matteo Bandello, Tove Ditlevsen, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Kassia, Edith Södergran, and Thomas De Quincey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Arthur Hailey ranks 67. Before him are Jack Elam, John Harsanyi, George Armitage Miller, Kim Yong-ju, Maureen O'Hara, and César Rodríguez Álvarez. After him are Robert Whittaker, Tom of Finland, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Dorothea Binz, Setsuko Hara, and Mario Beccaria. Among people deceased in 2004, Arthur Hailey ranks 42. Before him are Robert Merle, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Julius Axelrod, Andriyan Nikolayev, Edward B. Lewis, and Theo van Gogh. After him are Norberto Bobbio, John Pople, Herbert C. Brown, Julia Child, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Otto Kumm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Hailey ranks 941 out of 7,765. Before him are Jill Ireland (1936), William Huggins (1824), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Brian Cox (1946), John Tenniel (1820), and Orlando Bloom (1977). After him are Desmond Morris (1928), Susan Boyle (1961), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), Simon Cowell (1959), Thomas De Quincey (1785), and Anne Hyde (1637).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Hailey ranks 111. Before him are Patrick White (1912), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Lobsang Rampa (1910), and Dylan Thomas (1914). After him are Thomas De Quincey (1785), John Berger (1926), James Anderson (1680), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Winifred Wagner (1897), and Samuel Butler (1612).

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