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Dick Francis

1920 - 2010

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Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Francis has received more than 755,375 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Francis is the 2,468th most popular writer (down from 2,073rd in 2019), the 1,820th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,625th in 2019) and the 200th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dick Francis ranks 2,468 out of 7,302. Before him are William Beckford, Alois Musil, María Kodama, Annie Proulx, Rolf Hochhuth, and Ariwara no Narihira. After him are Christopher Priest, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Valentin Kataev, Andrey Kurbsky, Lidia Zamenhof, and George Ohsawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Dick Francis ranks 159. Before him are Lê Đức Anh, Miguel Delibes, Amet-khan Sultan, Renato Carosone, Lazar Mojsov, and Josip Manolić. After him are Marlen Haushofer, Marie Tharp, Janet Jagan, Thomas Szasz, Richard Adams, and Katsuko Saruhashi. Among people deceased in 2010, Dick Francis ranks 117. Before him are Rasim Delić, Tomáš Špidlík, Miguel Delibes, Captain Beefheart, Caterina Boratto, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. After him are Jean Ferrat, Claude Lefort, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Rue McClanahan, Anatoly Dobrynin, and Luis García Berlanga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick Francis ranks 1,820 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Capaldi (1958), Alexander Bain (1818), Julian of Norwich (1342), Miranda Richardson (1958), William Beckford (1760), and Sid Watkins (1928). After him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Christopher Priest (1943), Matthew Paris (1200), Leo Genn (1905), John Wetton (1949), and Andrew Irvine (1902).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dick Francis ranks 200. Before him are Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), George Meredith (1828), Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), and William Beckford (1760). After him are Christopher Priest (1943), Richard Adams (1920), Peter Shaffer (1926), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), John Mandeville (1300), and Noël Coward (1899).

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