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Enid Blyton

1897 - 1968

Enid Blyton

Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into ninety languages. As of June 2019, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enid Blyton has received more than 4,327,535 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Enid Blyton is the 440th most popular writer (up from 446th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 335th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Writer.

Enid Blyton is most famous for her series of children's books, including the Famous Five, Secret Seven, and Noddy.

Memorability Metrics

4.3M
Page Views (PV)
67.36
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
74
Languages Editions (L)
5.39
Effective Languages (L*)
5.27
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Enid Blyton ranks 440 out of 5,755. Before her are Louisa May Alcott, Traudl Junge, Yunus Emre, Tennessee Williams, Patrick Modiano, and Christopher Marlowe. After her are Frantz Fanon, Mika Waltari, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Comte de Lautréamont, Seneca the Elder, and Ágota Kristóf.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Louisa May Alcott
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 434
Traudl Junge
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 435
Yunus Emre
1240 - 1321
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 436
Tennessee Williams
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 437
Patrick Modiano
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 438
Christopher Marlowe
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 439
Enid Blyton
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 440
Frantz Fanon
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 441
Mika Waltari
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 442
Joris-Karl Huysmans
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 443
Comte de Lautréamont
1846 - 1870
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 444
Seneca the Elder
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 445
Ágota Kristóf
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 446

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Enid Blyton ranks 20. Before her are Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Norbert Elias, Pola Negri, Thích Quảng Đức, Louis Aragon, and Gordon Allport. After her are Ferenc Szálasi, Kurt Schuschnigg, Frank Capra, Soong Mei-ling, Yun Posun, and Tadeusz Reichstein. Among people deceased in 1968, Enid Blyton ranks 17. Before her are Lev Landau, Trygve Lie, Max Brod, Georg von Küchler, Karl Barth, and George Gamow. After her are Erwin Panofsky, Jim Clark, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Salvatore Quasimodo, Corneille Heymans, and Kees van Dongen.

Others Born in 1897

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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 14
Norbert Elias
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
Pola Negri
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 16
Thích Quảng Đức
1897 - 1963
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 17
Louis Aragon
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 18
Gordon Allport
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 19
Enid Blyton
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 20
Ferenc Szálasi
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 21
Kurt Schuschnigg
1897 - 1977
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 22
Frank Capra
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
Soong Mei-ling
1897 - 2003
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 24
Yun Posun
1897 - 1990
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 25
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 26