WRITER

Christopher Hampton

1946 - Today

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Sir Christopher James Hampton (Horta, Azores, 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Hampton has received more than 417,078 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Christopher Hampton is the 3,594th most popular writer (down from 3,521st in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 254th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 420k

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  • 57.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christopher Hampton ranks 3,594 out of 7,302Before him are I. A. Richards, Aphthonius of Antioch, Paavo Haavikko, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Georgi Pulevski, and António Ferreira. After him are Mazo de la Roche, Thorkild Hansen, Alfréd Wetzler, Teofilo Folengo, David Bergelson, and Mikhail Isakovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Christopher Hampton ranks 348Before him are Emilio de Villota, Debbi Wilkes, Dieter Herzog, Barry Hulshoff, Carmine Appice, and Óscar Berger. After him are Dan O'Bannon, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Joel Camargo, Paul Alexander, Milena Canonero, and Joseph Sifakis.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Christopher Hampton ranks 270 out of 633Before him are Simão Rodrigues (1510), João do Canto e Castro (1862), John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and António Ferreira (1528). After him are Bruno Alves (1981), Pedro Teixeira (1585), Maniche (1977), Antero de Quental (1842), Bernardo Silva (1994), and Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Christopher Hampton ranks 24Before him are Duarte Barbosa (1480), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and António Ferreira (1528). After him are Antero de Quental (1842), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Florbela Espanca (1894), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), and Manuel Alegre (1936).