1925 - 2017
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s. Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international group in Wells' honour. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Aldiss has received more than 599,165 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Brian Aldiss is the 1,803rd most popular writer (down from 1,622nd in 2019), the 1,417th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,271st in 2019) and the 156th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Brian Aldiss ranks 1,803 out of 5,755. Before him are David Burliuk, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lilya Brik, Alexandre Benois, Didymus Chalcenterus, and Abbot Oliba. After him are Catherine of Bologna, Sebastian Haffner, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Cornell Woolrich, Thomas Merton, and Guido Adler.
1882 - 1967
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,797
1785 - 1828
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,798
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,799
1870 - 1960
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,800
63 BC - 10
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,801
971 - 1046
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,802
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,803
1413 - 1463
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,804
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,805
1633 - 1714
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,806
1903 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,807
1915 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,808
1855 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 1,809
Among people born in 1925, Brian Aldiss ranks 117. Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Luciano Leggio, Masanori Tokita, Warren Christopher, John Guillermin, and Pavel Belyayev. After him are Pierre Bérégovoy, Bill Gates Sr., Etel Adnan, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Moshe Arens, and Lino Lacedelli. Among people deceased in 2017, Brian Aldiss ranks 109. Before him are Dick Bruna, Juan Goytisolo, Hiroto Muraoka, Tsutomu Hata, Michael Parks, and Luis Bacalov. After him are Ángel Nieto, Miguel Ferrer, George Young, Lubomyr Husar, Christine Kaufmann, and Heinz Kessler.
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 111
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 112
1925 - 2004
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 113
1925 - 2011
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 114
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 115
1925 - 1970
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 116
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 117
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 118
1925 - 2020
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 119
1925 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 120
1925 - 1994
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 121
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 122
1925 - 2009
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 123
1927 - 2017
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 103
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 104
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 105
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 106
1940 - 2017
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 107
1933 - 2017
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 108
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 109
1947 - 2017
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 110
1955 - 2017
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 111
1946 - 2017
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 112
1933 - 2017
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 113
1945 - 2017
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 114
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 115
Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Aldiss ranks 1,417 out of 7,765. Before him are John Guillermin (1925), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Roger Byrne (1929), Sebastian Coe (1956), Frances Fisher (1952), and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766). After him are Claire Bloom (1931), Paul Rodgers (1949), Frederick Delius (1862), Derek Jarman (1942), Malcolm McLaren (1946), and Louise d'Orléans (1869).
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,411
1785 - 1828
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,412
1929 - 1958
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,413
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,414
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,415
1766 - 1841
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,416
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,417
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,418
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,419
1862 - 1934
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,420
1942 - 1994
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,421
1946 - 2010
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,422
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,423
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Aldiss ranks 156. Before him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Aphra Behn (1640), Anne Perry (1938), Hugh Lofting (1886), William Caxton (1422), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785). After him are Christopher Isherwood (1904), Lucinda Riley (1965), Anthony Trollope (1815), George MacDonald (1824), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), and Sister Nivedita (1867).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 150
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 151
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 152
1886 - 1947
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 153
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 154
1785 - 1828
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 155
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 156
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 157
1965 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 158
1815 - 1882
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 159
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 160
1893 - 1957
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 161
1867 - 1911
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 162