1901 - 2000
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer, known as the Queen of Romance, who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century. Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television including A Hazard of Hearts, A Ghost in Monte Carlo and Duel of Hearts.Her novels have been translated from English into numerous languages, making Cartland the fifth most translated author worldwide, excluding biblical works. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Cartland has received more than 1,520,808 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Barbara Cartland is the 1,617th most popular writer (down from 1,384th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,087th in 2019) and the 137th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Barbara Cartland ranks 1,617 out of 5,755. Before her are Peter Benchley, Hincmar, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Javier Marías, and David Ogilvy. After her are Tanya Savicheva, Olaus Petri, Raul Hilberg, Archestratus, Watchman Nee, and Mikhail Zoshchenko.
1940 - 2006
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,611
806 - 882
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,612
1432 - 1500
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,613
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,614
1951 - 2022
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,615
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,616
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,617
1930 - 1944
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,618
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,619
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,620
350 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,621
1903 - 1972
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,622
1894 - 1958
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,623
Among people born in 1901, Barbara Cartland ranks 78. Before her are Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Gino Cervi, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Yang Kaihui, Eric Voegelin, and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. After her are George Gallup, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Ub Iwerks, Alexander Fadeyev, Otto Wächter, and Nicola Abbagnano. Among people deceased in 2000, Barbara Cartland ranks 68. Before her are Noboru Takeshita, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Ivan Stambolić, Kemal Sunal, Phạm Văn Đồng, and Claude Sautet. After her are Libertad Lamarque, Franck Pourcel, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Pierre Plantard, Ahmet Kaya, and Roger Peyrefitte.
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 72
1901 - 1974
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 73
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 74
1901 - 1930
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 75
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 76
1901 - 1964
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 77
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 78
1901 - 1984
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 79
1901 - 1997
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 80
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 81
1901 - 1956
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 82
1901 - 1949
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 83
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 84
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 62
1902 - 2000
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 63
1936 - 2000
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 64
1944 - 2000
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 65
1906 - 2000
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 66
1924 - 2000
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 67
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 68
1908 - 2000
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 69
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 70
1915 - 2000
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 71
1920 - 2000
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 72
1957 - 2000
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 73
1907 - 2000
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 74
Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Cartland ranks 1,295 out of 7,765. Before her are Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Pattie Boyd (1944), Mark Phillips (1948), John Boyd Orr (1880), Williamina Fleming (1857), and David Ogilvy (1911). After her are Tom Hiddleston (1981), Alexander of Hales (1175), Michael Redgrave (1908), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), Martin Lowry (1874), and Thomas Addison (1793).
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,289
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,290
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 1,291
1880 - 1971
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,292
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,293
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,294
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,295
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,296
1175 - 1245
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,297
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,298
1415 - 1472
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,299
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,300
1793 - 1860
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,301
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Cartland ranks 137. Before her are Lee Child (1954), P. D. James (1920), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Alistair MacLean (1922), Colin Wilson (1931), and David Ogilvy (1911). After her are Ted Hughes (1930), Ruth Rendell (1930), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), John Gay (1685), and Joseph Addison (1672).
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 131
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 132
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 133
1922 - 1987
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 134
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 135
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 136
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 137
1930 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 138
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 139
1939 - 2013
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 140
808 - 849
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 141
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 142
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 143