1942 - Today
Patrick Donald Rayfield OBE (born 12 February 1942, Oxford) is an English academic and Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London. He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Rayfield has received more than 79,031 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Rayfield is the 4,501st most popular writer, the 3,356th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 385th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Donald Rayfield ranks 4,501 out of 5,755. Before him are Jane Bowles, Lydia Davis, Olavo Bilac, Paula Hawkins, Aleksey Koltsov, and Grace Aguilar. After him are H. C. Artmann, Angelo de Gubernatis, Qurratulain Hyder, Jacques Roumain, Dun Karm Psaila, and Manuel Alegre.
1917 - 1973
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,495
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,496
1865 - 1918
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,497
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,498
1809 - 1842
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,499
1816 - 1847
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,500
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 4,501
1921 - 2000
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 4,502
1840 - 1913
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 4,503
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 4,504
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 4,505
1871 - 1961
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 4,506
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 4,507
Among people born in 1942, Donald Rayfield ranks 423. Before him are Lola Falana, John Ashcroft, Dobromir Zhechev, Peter Tork, Ramiro de León Carpio, and Lutz D. Schmadel. After him are Dith Pran, Ferenc Kiss, James Soong, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Tom Belsø, and Kevin Conway.
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 417
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 418
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 419
1942 - 2019
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 420
1942 - 2002
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 421
1942 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 422
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 423
1942 - 2008
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 424
1942 - 2015
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 425
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 426
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 427
1942 - 2020
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 428
1942 - 2020
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 429
Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 3,356 out of 7,765. Before him are John Walter Gregory (1864), Graeme Souness (1953), Frederick Browning (1896), John Farey Sr. (1766), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Jane Marcet (1769). After him are Michael Hurst (1957), Rupert Friend (1981), Kay Kendall (1927), Harry Maguire (1993), David Wilkie (1785), and Joe Jordan (1951).
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 3,350
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 3,351
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 3,352
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 3,353
1816 - 1847
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 3,354
1769 - 1858
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,355
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,356
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,357
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,358
1927 - 1959
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 3,359
1993 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 3,360
1785 - 1841
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 3,361
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 3,362
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Donald Rayfield ranks 385. Before him are Christopher Priest (1943), Edward William Lane (1801), George Chapman (1559), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), John Farey Sr. (1766), and Grace Aguilar (1816). After him are W. W. Jacobs (1863), Robert Greene (1558), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Gower (1330), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), and Richard Bentley (1662).
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 379
1801 - 1876
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 380
1559 - 1634
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 381
1835 - 1915
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 382
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 383
1816 - 1847
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 384
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 385
1863 - 1943
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 386
1558 - 1592
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 387
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 388
1330 - 1408
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 389
1080 - 1160
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 390
1662 - 1742
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 391