1875 - 1932
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Wallace has received more than 779,172 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Edgar Wallace is the 831st most popular writer (down from 797th in 2019), the 683rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 625th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Writer.
Edgar Wallace is most famous for his crime and mystery novels.
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Among writers, Edgar Wallace ranks 831 out of 5,755. Before him are Ban Gu, Ibn al-Jawzi, Madame Roland, Ian McEwan, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. After him are Thomas Pynchon, Sam Shepard, Matilde Camus, Theodore Beza, Odysseas Elytis, and Antonio Tabucchi.
32 - 92
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 825
1116 - 1200
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 826
1754 - 1793
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 827
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 828
1724 - 1803
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 829
1813 - 1851
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 830
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 831
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 832
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 833
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 834
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 835
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 836
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 837
Among people born in 1875, Edgar Wallace ranks 30. Before him are Antonio Machado, John Buchan, D. W. Griffith, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Henri Lebesgue, and Zhang Zuolin. After him are Mihály Károlyi, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Cléo de Mérode, Mistinguett, Sisowath Monivong, and Rudolf von Sebottendorf. Among people deceased in 1932, Edgar Wallace ranks 17. Before him are Paul Doumer, George Eastman, Margaret Brown, Errico Malatesta, Joseph Babinski, and Frederick Augustus III of Saxony. After him are Pavlik Morozov, André Maginot, Max Wolf, Sophia of Prussia, Ferdinand Buisson, and Jules Chéret.
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 24
1875 - 1940
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 25
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 26
1875 - 1960
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 27
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 28
1875 - 1928
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 29
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 30
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 31
1875 - 1933
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
1875 - 1966
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 33
1875 - 1956
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 34
1875 - 1941
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 35
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 36
1857 - 1932
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 11
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 12
1867 - 1932
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 13
1853 - 1932
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 14
1857 - 1932
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 15
1865 - 1932
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 16
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 17
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 18
1877 - 1932
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 19
1863 - 1932
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 20
1870 - 1932
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 21
1841 - 1932
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 22
1836 - 1932
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edgar Wallace ranks 683 out of 7,765. Before him are Jude Law (1972), Ian McEwan (1948), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Chris Slade (1946), and Naomi Watts (1968). After him are Martin Ryle (1918), Clementine Churchill (1885), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Sawney Bean (1600), Richard of Cornwall (1209), and Chris Norman (1950).
1972 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 677
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 678
1796 - 1817
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 679
1473 - 1484
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 680
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 681
1968 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 682
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 683
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 684
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 685
1175 - 1253
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 686
1600 - 1600
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 687
1209 - 1272
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 688
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 689
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edgar Wallace ranks 81. Before him are Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Muriel Spark (1918), Jane Hawking (1944), Philip Pullman (1946), and Ian McEwan (1948). After him are Eleanor Marx (1855), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James May (1963), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), and Thomas Malory (1405).
1860 - 1946
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 75
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 76
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 77
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 78
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 79
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 80
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 81
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 82
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 83
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 84
1856 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 85
1809 - 1892
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 86
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 87