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Cornelius Ryan

1920 - 1974

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Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974). Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he began working as a journalist in London in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelius Ryan has received more than 297,725 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Cornelius Ryan is the 2,971st most popular writer (down from 2,877th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 118th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 26

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  • 5.22

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  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelius Ryan ranks 2,971 out of 7,302Before him are Robert Burton, Anvari, Olha Kobylianska, François Cheng, Karel Havlíček Borovský, and Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso. After him are Silvio Pellico, James Aldridge, Karim Findi, Germaine Greer, Ibn Manzur, and Bruce Sterling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Cornelius Ryan ranks 190Before him are Harold Sakata, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Lewis Gilbert, Frances Ames, Richard E. Bellman, and Yves Robert. After him are Gordon Gould, Koichi Tohei, Leo McKern, Stan Ockers, Giuseppe Colombo, and Milton George Henschel. Among people deceased in 1974, Cornelius Ryan ranks 109Before him are Lev Oborin, Werner Kohlmeyer, Bert Patenaude, Charlotte Bühler, Antanas Sniečkus, and Yekaterina Furtseva. After him are Pink Anderson, Stanisława Leszczyńska, Kurt Hahn, Mikheil Chiaureli, Richard Huelsenbeck, and Arnold Fanck.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Cornelius Ryan ranks 112 out of 549Before him are Edward Bransfield (1785), John Boland (1870), Roger Casement (1864), Richard Montgomery (1738), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977). After him are Colm Meaney (1953), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Grace O'Malley (1530), George Abraham Grierson (1851), and Daniel O'Connell (1775).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Cornelius Ryan ranks 21Before him are Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), John Banville (1945), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Patrick Pearse (1879), Charles Maturin (1780), and John Millington Synge (1871). After him are John Boyne (1971), Edna O'Brien (1930), Brendan Behan (1923), Jane Wilde (1821), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), and Seán O'Casey (1880).