1920 - 2010
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 693,169 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Francis is the 2,079th most popular writer (up from 2,292nd in 2019), the 1,630th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,726th in 2019) and the 176th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Dick Francis ranks 2,079 out of 5,755. Before him are Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Auguste Maquet, Patrick O'Brian, Isaac Alfasi, Bernard Palissy, and Djuna Barnes. After him are Gurju Khatun, João Guimarães Rosa, Nicholas Rémy, Maurice Sendak, Miloš Crnjanski, and Almeida Garrett.
1862 - 1925
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,073
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,074
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,075
1013 - 1103
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,076
1510 - 1589
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,077
1892 - 1982
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 2,078
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 2,079
1227 - 1286
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 2,080
1908 - 1967
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 2,081
1530 - 1612
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 2,082
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 2,083
1893 - 1977
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 2,084
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 2,085
Among people born in 1920, Dick Francis ranks 132. Before him are Albert Memmi, Michael Anderson, Paik Sun-yup, Richard Adams, Yegor Ligachyov, and Miguel Delibes. After him are Yevgeny Dragunov, Christopher Robin Milne, Viveca Lindfors, Richard Farnsworth, Amet-khan Sultan, and Harold Sakata. Among people deceased in 2010, Dick Francis ranks 94. Before him are Maurice Wilkes, Martin Sandberger, Howard Zinn, Miguel Delibes, Erich Segal, and Vladislav Ardzinba. After him are Alexander Haig, Raimon Panikkar, Fess Parker, Cécile Aubry, Luis García Berlanga, and Dimitrios Ioannidis.
1920 - 2020
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 126
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 127
1920 - 2020
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 128
1920 - 2016
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 129
1920 - 2021
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 130
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 131
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 132
1920 - 1991
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 133
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 134
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 135
1920 - 2000
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 136
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 137
1920 - 1982
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 138
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 88
1911 - 2010
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 89
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 90
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 91
1937 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 92
1945 - 2010
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 93
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 94
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 95
1918 - 2010
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 96
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 97
1928 - 2010
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 98
1921 - 2010
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 99
1923 - 2010
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 100
Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick Francis ranks 1,630 out of 7,765. Before him are Marjorie Bruce (1297), Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Kingsley Amis (1922), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Patrick O'Brian (1914), and Michael Halliday (1925). After him are Catherine Ashton (1956), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Duncan Haldane (1951), James Hilton (1900), Roger Deakins (1949), and Colin Davis (1927).
1297 - 1316
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 1,624
1801 - 1828
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 1,625
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 1,626
1536 - 1553
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,627
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 1,628
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 1,629
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,630
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,631
1694 - 1773
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 1,632
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 1,633
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 1,634
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,635
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,636
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dick Francis ranks 176. Before him are Philip Sidney (1554), Richard Adams (1920), Taliesin (518), Frederick Marryat (1792), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Patrick O'Brian (1914). After him are James Hilton (1900), David Lodge (1935), John Mandeville (1300), Vera Brittain (1893), Thomas Gray (1716), and Christina Rossetti (1830).
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 170
1920 - 2016
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 171
518 - 599
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 172
1792 - 1848
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 173
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 174
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 175
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 176
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 177
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 178
1300 - 1372
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 179
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 180
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 181
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 182