WRITER
Bernard Cornwell
1944 - Today
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is a British-American author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Cornwell has received more than 2,689,193 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Bernard Cornwell is the 1,104th most popular writer (down from 1,002nd in 2019), the 839th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 797th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Writer.
Bernard Cornwell is most famous for his Sharpe series, a series of novels about a British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.
Memorability Metrics
2.7M
Page Views (PV)
60.95
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
5.36
Effective Languages (L*)
2.80
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Bernard Cornwell ranks 1,104 out of 7,302. Before him are Cees Nooteboom, Yosano Akiko, John William Polidori, Leonid Andreyev, Andrei Bely, and Bhāsa. After him are Robert Merle, Hélène Cixous, Claudius Aelianus, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Velimir Khlebnikov, and Camilla Collett.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsCees Nooteboom
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 1,098
Yosano Akiko
1878 - 1942
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,099
John William Polidori
1795 - 1821
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,100
Leonid Andreyev
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,101
Andrei Bely
1880 - 1934
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 1,102
Bhāsa
200 - 300
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 1,103
Bernard Cornwell
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 1,104
Robert Merle
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,105
Hélène Cixous
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,106
Claudius Aelianus
200 - 235
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1,107
Tahar Ben Jelloun
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1,108
Velimir Khlebnikov
1885 - 1922
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1,109
Camilla Collett
1813 - 1895
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1,110
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1944, Bernard Cornwell ranks 93. Before him are Ian McDiarmid, Donna Haraway, Erwin Neher, Karin Schubert, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Mairead Maguire. After him are Tahar Ben Jelloun, Nana Akufo-Addo, Killing of Peter Fechter, Mordechai Spiegler, Keith Emerson, and Jeroen Krabbé.
Others Born in 1944
Go to all RankingsIan McDiarmid
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 87
Donna Haraway
HISTORIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 88
Erwin Neher
BIOLOGIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 89
Karin Schubert
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 90
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
PHYSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 91
Mairead Maguire
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 92
Bernard Cornwell
WRITER
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 93
Tahar Ben Jelloun
WRITER
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 94
Nana Akufo-Addo
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 95
Killing of Peter Fechter
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - 1962
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 96
Mordechai Spiegler
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 97
Keith Emerson
COMPOSER
1944 - 2016
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 98
Jeroen Krabbé
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 99
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell ranks 839 out of 8,785. Before him are David Coverdale (1951), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), William Bateson (1861), John William Polidori (1795), and Alan Parsons (1948). After him are Anthony James Leggett (1938), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Imelda Staunton (1956), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), and Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsDavid Coverdale
SINGER
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 833
Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
POLITICIAN
1850 - 1922
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 834
Æthelbald, King of Wessex
POLITICIAN
831 - 860
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 835
William Bateson
BIOLOGIST
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 836
John William Polidori
WRITER
1795 - 1821
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 837
Alan Parsons
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 838
Bernard Cornwell
WRITER
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 839
Anthony James Leggett
PHYSICIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 840
Pete Postlethwaite
ACTOR
1946 - 2011
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 841
Imelda Staunton
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 842
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
POLITICIAN
1534 - 1578
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 843
Charlotte, Princess Royal
COMPANION
1766 - 1828
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 844
Prince John of the United Kingdom
NOBLEMAN
1905 - 1919
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 845
Among WRITERS In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell ranks 103. Before him are Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Robert Graves (1895), John Berger (1926), Dylan Thomas (1914), E. M. Forster (1879), and John William Polidori (1795). After him are Edmund Spenser (1552), Samuel Butler (1612), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), and David Irving (1938).
Diana Wynne Jones
1934 - 2011
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 97
Robert Graves
1895 - 1985
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 98
John Berger
1926 - 2017
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 99
Dylan Thomas
1914 - 1953
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 100
E. M. Forster
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 101
John William Polidori
1795 - 1821
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 102
Bernard Cornwell
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 103
Edmund Spenser
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 104
Samuel Butler
1612 - 1680
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 105
Elizabeth Gaskell
1810 - 1865
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 106
Sarah, Duchess of York
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 107
James Anderson
1680 - 1739
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 108
David Irving
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 109