1930 - 2017
Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Dexter has received more than 964,383 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Colin Dexter is the 1,662nd most popular writer (up from 1,711th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,284th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Colin Dexter ranks 1,662 out of 5,794. Before him are Thomas Merton, Robert Faurisson, Jan Długosz, Jonas Lie, Antonio de Nebrija, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. After him are Manuel Puig, Frederik Pohl, James B. Donovan, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Richard Adams, and Tristan Corbière.
1915 - 1968
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 1,656
1929 - 2018
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,657
1415 - 1480
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,658
1833 - 1908
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,659
1441 - 1522
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,660
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,661
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,662
1932 - 1990
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,663
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,664
1916 - 1970
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,665
1734 - 1793
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,666
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,667
1845 - 1875
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,668
Among people born in 1930, Colin Dexter ranks 123. Before him are Anisa Makhlouf, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Viktor Tikhonov, Bo Widerberg, and Frank Lucas. After him are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Akiyuki Nosaka, Tanya Savicheva, Ted Hughes, and Irinej, Serbian Patriarch. Among people deceased in 2017, Colin Dexter ranks 101. Before him are Jerry Fodor, Brian Aldiss, Tobe Hooper, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean d'Ormesson, and Albert Speer. After him are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Loalwa Braz, Dick Bruna, Violet Brown, Jannis Kounellis, and Don Rickles.
1930 - 2016
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 117
1930 - 2011
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 118
1930 - 1999
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 119
1930 - 2014
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 120
1930 - 1997
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 121
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 122
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 123
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 124
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 125
1930 - 2015
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 126
1930 - 1944
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 127
1930 - 1998
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 128
1930 - 2020
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 129
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 95
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 96
1943 - 2017
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 97
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 98
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 99
1934 - 2017
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 100
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 101
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 102
1953 - 2017
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 103
1927 - 2017
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 104
1900 - 2017
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 105
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 106
1926 - 2017
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 107
Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 1,295 out of 6,924. Before him are Robert Pattinson (1986), Claire Forlani (1971), Robert Faurisson (1929), Gordon Ramsay (1966), Jon Anderson (1944), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837). After him are David Warner (1941), Ian Anderson (1947), James Black (1924), Stephen Fry (1957), Richard Adams (1920), and Rosemary Harris (1927).
1986 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 1,289
1971 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,290
1929 - 2018
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,291
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,292
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,293
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,294
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,295
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,296
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,297
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,298
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,299
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,300
1927 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,301
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 150. Before him are Neil Gaiman (1960), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Brian Aldiss (1925), William Caxton (1422), Robert Faurisson (1929), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837). After him are Richard Adams (1920), Allen Carr (1934), Philip Sidney (1554), Gerald Gardner (1884), Ted Hughes (1930), and David Lodge (1935).
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 144
1893 - 1957
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 145
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 146
1422 - 1491
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 147
1929 - 2018
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 148
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 149
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 150
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 151
1934 - 2006
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 152
1554 - 1586
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 153
1884 - 1964
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 154
1930 - 1998
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 155
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 156