1924 - 2020
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English and naturalised French academic editor. The son of author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien edited much of his father's posthumously published work, including The Silmarillion and the 12-volume (plus one volume of indexes) series The History of Middle-Earth. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Tolkien has received more than 2,872,762 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Christopher Tolkien is the 808th most popular writer (down from 651st in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Writer.
Christopher Tolkien is most famous for being the son of the author J.R.R. Tolkien and for being the editor of his father's posthumously published works.
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Among writers, Christopher Tolkien ranks 808 out of 5,755. Before him are Julian Barnes, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Ernest Thompson Seton, Gregory of Narek, Isabelle de Charrière, and Ambrose Bierce. After him are Muriel Spark, Jane Hawking, Menippus, Theognis of Megara, Theodoret, and Hans Fallada.
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 802
1626 - 1696
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 803
1860 - 1946
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 804
951 - 1003
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 805
1740 - 1805
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 806
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 807
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 808
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 809
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 810
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 811
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 812
393 - 458
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 813
1893 - 1947
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 814
Among people born in 1924, Christopher Tolkien ranks 40. Before him are Kōbō Abe, Lys Assia, Amílcar Cabral, Dmitry Yazov, Roger Guillemin, and Francisco Macías Nguema. After him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Ed Wood, Karmapa, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Allan MacLeod Cormack, and Guy Williams. Among people deceased in 2020, Christopher Tolkien ranks 44. Before him are Dmitry Yazov, Rob Rensenbrink, Little Richard, George Steiner, Michael Lonsdale, and Lucia Bosè. After him are Kim Ki-duk, Stirling Moss, Joel Schumacher, Kobe Bryant, Mirella Freni, and Nexhmije Hoxha.
1924 - 1993
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 34
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 35
1924 - 1973
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 36
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 37
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 38
1924 - 1979
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 39
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 40
1924 - 2018
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 41
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1924 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 43
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 44
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 45
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 46
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 38
1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 39
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 40
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 41
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 42
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 43
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 44
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 45
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 46
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 47
1978 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 48
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 49
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 50
Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Tolkien ranks 654 out of 7,765. Before him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Julian Barnes (1946), Hugh Laurie (1959), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Brook Taylor (1685), and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428). After him are Muriel Spark (1918), Stanley Rous (1895), William Jones (1746), Jane Hawking (1944), Nigel Farage (1964), and Bernard Lewis (1916).
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 648
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 649
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 650
1860 - 1946
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 651
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 652
1428 - 1471
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 653
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 654
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 655
1895 - 1986
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 656
1746 - 1794
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 657
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 658
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 659
1916 - 2018
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 660
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Tolkien ranks 76. Before him are Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Ann Radcliffe (1764), Douglas Adams (1952), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Julian Barnes (1946), and Ernest Thompson Seton (1860). After him are Muriel Spark (1918), Jane Hawking (1944), Philip Pullman (1946), Ian McEwan (1948), Edgar Wallace (1875), and Eleanor Marx (1855).
1872 - 1898
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 70
1764 - 1823
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 71
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 72
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 73
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 74
1860 - 1946
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 75
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 76
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 77
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 78
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 79
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 80
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 81
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 82