1943 - 2024
Christopher Mackenzie Priest (14 July 1943 – 2 February 2024) was a British novelist and science fiction writer. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island, The Inverted World, The Affirmation, The Glamour, The Prestige, and The Separation. Priest was strongly influenced by the science fiction of H. G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed Vice-President of the international H. G. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Priest has received more than 19,133 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Christopher Priest is the 4,449th most popular writer (down from 3,725th in 2019), the 3,314th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,739th in 2019) and the 379th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Christopher Priest ranks 4,449 out of 5,755. Before him are Zainab Biisheva, Zhu Ziqing, Johann Jakob Breitinger, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Irving Wallace, and Keri Hulme. After him are Hilde Domin, Marilyn French, René Depestre, Yann Martel, Zaharia Stancu, and Willem Elsschot.
1908 - 1996
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 4,443
1898 - 1948
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,444
1701 - 1776
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,445
1865 - 1940
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,446
1916 - 1990
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,447
1947 - 2021
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,448
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,449
1909 - 2006
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,450
1929 - 2009
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,451
1926 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,452
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,453
1902 - 1974
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,454
1882 - 1960
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,455
Among people born in 1943, Christopher Priest ranks 397. Before him are Jamie Gillis, Andrej Bajuk, Brian Ferneyhough, Terry Venables, Peter Norton, and Harley Race. After him are Janet Akyüz Mattei, Lucius Shepard, Giancarlo De Sisti, Domenico Calcagno, Giuseppe Gentile, and Gavin Bryars. Among people deceased in 2024, Christopher Priest ranks 39. Before him are Melanie, Jesse Jane, Don Murray, Donald Adamson, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, and Sergio Sebastiani. After him are Brian Lumley, Jorge Toro, Giacomo Losi, Kagney Linn Karter, Damo Suzuki, and Michel Jazy.
1943 - 2010
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 391
1943 - 2011
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 392
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 393
1943 - 2023
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 394
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 395
1943 - 2019
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 396
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 397
1943 - 2004
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 398
1943 - 2014
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 399
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 400
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 401
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 402
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 403
1947 - 2024
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 33
1980 - 2024
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 34
1929 - 2024
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 35
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 36
1947 - 2024
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 37
1931 - 2024
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 38
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 39
1937 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 40
1939 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 41
1935 - 2024
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 42
1987 - 2024
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 43
1950 - 2024
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 44
1936 - 2024
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Priest ranks 3,314 out of 7,765. Before him are George Bass (1771), Tony Benn (1925), Jane March (1973), Nicholas Hoult (1989), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), and Guy Simonds (1903). After him are William Christie (1845), Claire Foy (1984), Jim Bellamy (1881), Sheena Easton (1959), Max Newman (1897), and Dora Boothby (1881).
1771 - 1803
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 3,308
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 3,309
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,310
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,311
1946 - 1994
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 3,312
1903 - 1974
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 3,313
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 3,314
1845 - 1922
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 3,315
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 3,316
1881 - 1969
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 3,317
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 3,318
1897 - 1984
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 3,319
1881 - 1970
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 3,320
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Priest ranks 379. Before him are Anne Bradstreet (1612), Jackie Collins (1937), Joan Aiken (1924), A. E. Housman (1859), Richard Hoggart (1918), and Sax Rohmer (1883). After him are Edward William Lane (1801), George Chapman (1559), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), John Farey Sr. (1766), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Donald Rayfield (1942).
1612 - 1672
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 373
1937 - 2015
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 374
1924 - 2004
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 375
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 376
1918 - 2014
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 377
1883 - 1959
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 378
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 379
1801 - 1876
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 380
1559 - 1634
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 381
1835 - 1915
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 382
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 383
1816 - 1847
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 384
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 385