1929 - 2015
Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Friel has received more than 483,145 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Friel is the 5,826th most popular writer (down from 5,074th in 2019), the 5,164th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,397th in 2019) and the 582nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Brian Friel ranks 5,826 out of 5,755. Before him are John Arden, John Burroughs, H. R. F. Keating, Dan Abnett, John Patrick Shanley, and Jaime Bayly. After him are Steven S. DeKnight, Akif Pirinçci, Frederica Sagor Maas, Bernice Rubens, Ram Swarup, and Dave Eggers.
1930 - 2012
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 5,820
1837 - 1921
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 5,821
1926 - 2011
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 5,822
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,823
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,824
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,825
1929 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 5,826
1910 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 5,827
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 5,828
1900 - 2012
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 5,829
1923 - 2004
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 5,830
1920 - 1998
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 5,831
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 5,832
Among people born in 1929, Brian Friel ranks 449. Before him are Joe Meek, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Art Taylor, Buck Owens, Branko Grünbaum, and Velimir Valenta. After him are Ken Henry, Jerry Adler, James H. Billington, Suraiya, Peter Sculthorpe, and John Conyers. Among people deceased in 2015, Brian Friel ranks 436. Before him are Sergio Renán, Gerry Byrne, Andriy Kuzmenko, Jurelang Zedkaia, Harry Gallatin, and Martin Milner. After him are Jihadi John, Denis Healey, Hitoshi Saito, Ron Springett, Gene Fullmer, and Eugenie Clark.
1929 - 1967
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 443
1929 - 2009
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 444
1929 - 1995
HPI: 40.47
Rank: 445
1929 - 2006
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 446
1929 - 2018
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 447
1929 - 2004
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 448
1929 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 449
1929 - 2009
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 450
1929 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 451
1929 - 2018
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 452
1929 - 2004
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 453
1929 - 2014
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 454
1929 - 2019
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 455
1933 - 2015
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 430
1938 - 2015
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 431
1968 - 2015
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 432
1950 - 2015
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 433
1927 - 2015
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 434
1931 - 2015
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 435
1929 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 436
1988 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 437
1917 - 2015
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 438
1961 - 2015
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 439
1935 - 2015
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 440
1931 - 2015
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 441
1922 - 2015
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 442
Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Friel ranks 5,164 out of 7,765. Before him are Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Marian McPartland (1918), Cameron Mackintosh (1946), Dan Abnett (1965), Constant Lambert (1905), and James Norton (1985). After him are Alan Mowbray (1896), Bernice Rubens (1923), Finola Hughes (1959), Charles Rosher (1885), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993), and Juliet Stevenson (1956).
1883 - 1971
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 5,158
1918 - 2013
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 5,159
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,160
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,161
1905 - 1951
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,162
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 5,163
1929 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 5,164
1896 - 1969
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 5,165
1923 - 2004
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 5,166
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 5,167
1885 - 1974
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 5,168
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 5,169
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 5,170
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Friel ranks 582. Before him are Henry Vaughan (1621), Max Hastings (1945), William Wycherley (1640), John Arden (1930), H. R. F. Keating (1926), and Dan Abnett (1965). After him are Bernice Rubens (1923), Denise Levertov (1923), William Collins (1721), Zadie Smith (1975), James Bowen (1979), and George Peele (1556).
1621 - 1695
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 576
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 577
1640 - 1716
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 578
1930 - 2012
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 579
1926 - 2011
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 580
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 581
1929 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 582
1923 - 2004
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 583
1923 - 1997
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 584
1721 - 1759
HPI: 39.74
Rank: 585
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 586
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 587
1556 - 1596
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 588