1896 - 1990
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear Octopus (1938) and The Starlight Barking (1967). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dodie Smith has received more than 644,844 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Dodie Smith is the 3,042nd most popular writer (up from 3,755th in 2019), the 2,267th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,765th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Dodie Smith ranks 3,042 out of 5,755. Before her are Samad Behrangi, Marie-Joseph Chénier, Mercedes de Acosta, Viktor Dyk, Emile Habibi, and Daniël Heinsius. After her are Glen Cook, Catherine Breillat, Robert Bly, Eysteinn Erlendsson, Charles-Louis Havas, and Arno Schmidt.
1939 - 1967
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3,036
1764 - 1811
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3,037
1892 - 1968
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3,038
1877 - 1931
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3,039
1922 - 1996
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3,040
1580 - 1655
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3,041
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,042
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,043
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,044
1926 - 2021
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,045
1120 - 1188
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,046
1783 - 1858
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,047
1914 - 1979
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,048
Among people born in 1896, Dodie Smith ranks 130. Before her are Maurice De Waele, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Aimo Lahti, Jacques Duclos, Eduardo Lonardi, and Hubert Lanz. After her are Vasily Gordov, Edward Arthur Milne, Boris Podolsky, Evgeny Schwartz, Raymond Massey, and Josephine Tey. Among people deceased in 1990, Dodie Smith ranks 123. Before her are Grethe Ingmann, David White, Lothar Collatz, Jorge Bolet, Paul Ariste, and Armand Hammer. After her are Luís Carlos Prestes, Juan José Arévalo, John Hansen, Gordon Jackson, Magda Julin, and Feng Youlan.
1896 - 1952
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 124
1896 - 1964
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 125
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 126
1896 - 1975
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 127
1896 - 1956
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 128
1896 - 1982
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 129
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 130
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 131
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 132
1896 - 1966
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 133
1896 - 1958
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 134
1896 - 1983
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 135
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 136
1938 - 1990
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 117
1916 - 1990
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 118
1910 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 119
1914 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 120
1905 - 1990
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 121
1898 - 1990
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 122
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 123
1898 - 1990
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 124
1904 - 1990
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 125
1924 - 1990
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 126
1923 - 1990
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 127
1894 - 1990
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 128
1895 - 1990
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 129
Among people born in United Kingdom, Dodie Smith ranks 2,267 out of 7,765. Before her are Fish (1958), Richard Chancellor (1521), Cædwalla of Wessex (659), Ben Barnes (1981), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912). After her are Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Frederick Copleston (1907), Felicity Jones (1983), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Cary Elwes (1962), and Æthelheard of Wessex (750).
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 2,261
1521 - 1556
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 2,262
659 - 689
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 2,263
1981 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 2,264
1757 - 1844
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 2,265
1912 - 2000
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 2,266
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 2,267
1891 - 1959
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 2,268
1907 - 1994
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 2,269
1983 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 2,270
1886 - 1979
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 2,271
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 2,272
750 - 740
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 2,273
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dodie Smith ranks 262. Before her are Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), Charles Lamb (1775), Nick Hornby (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), and William Smith (1813). After her are Richard Hammond (1969), Jack Higgins (1929), Winston Graham (1908), John Stott (1921), Wilfred Owen (1893), and John Evelyn (1620).
1931 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 256
1934 - 1995
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 257
1775 - 1834
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 258
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 259
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 260
1813 - 1893
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 261
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 262
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 263
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 264
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 265
1921 - 2011
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 266
1893 - 1918
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 267
1620 - 1706
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 268