1903 - 1966
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelyn Waugh has received more than 3,210,065 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Evelyn Waugh is the 1,440th most popular writer (down from 1,415th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,111th in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Evelyn Waugh ranks 1,440 out of 5,755. Before him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Georges Feydeau, Du Mu, Giovannino Guareschi, and Heiner Müller. After him are Wen Tianxiang, Dorothy Parker, Christian Morgenstern, Allen Carr, Tom Wolfe, and Sadriddin Ayni.
1803 - 1882
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,434
1062 - 1137
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,435
1862 - 1921
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,436
803 - 852
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 1,437
1908 - 1968
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,438
1929 - 1995
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,439
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,440
1236 - 1283
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,441
1893 - 1967
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,442
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,443
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,444
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,445
1878 - 1954
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,446
Among people born in 1903, Evelyn Waugh ranks 81. Before him are Lou Gehrig, Johannes Heesters, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Benjamin Spock, Sadegh Hedayat, and Joan Robinson. After him are Werner Best, Charles W. Morris, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Walker Evans, Heinz Reinefarth, and Yisrael Kristal. Among people deceased in 1966, Evelyn Waugh ranks 54. Before him are Margaret Sanger, Battista Farina, Siegfried Kracauer, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, L. E. J. Brouwer, and Edward Gordon Craig. After him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Georges Duhamel, Demchugdongrub, Sadao Araki, Yasuji Okamura, and Charles Whitman.
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 75
1903 - 2011
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 76
1903 - 1988
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 77
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 78
1903 - 1951
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 79
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 80
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 81
1903 - 1989
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 82
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 83
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 84
1903 - 1975
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 85
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 86
1903 - 2017
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 87
1879 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 48
1893 - 1966
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 49
1889 - 1966
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 50
1890 - 1966
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 51
1881 - 1966
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 52
1872 - 1966
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 53
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 54
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 55
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 56
1902 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 57
1877 - 1966
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 58
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 59
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 60
Among people born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Waugh ranks 1,149 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Banks (1743), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Adelard of Bath (1075), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Victor Turner (1920), and Annie Chapman (1841). After him are Allen Carr (1934), James Black (1924), William Adelin (1103), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Jimmy Greaves (1940), and George Canning (1770).
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,143
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,144
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,145
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,146
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,147
1841 - 1888
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,148
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,149
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,150
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,151
1103 - 1120
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,152
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,153
1940 - 2021
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,154
1770 - 1827
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 1,155
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Evelyn Waugh ranks 127. Before him are Colin Dexter (1930), Matthew Lewis (1775), Robert Faurisson (1929), Robert Browning (1812), Joseph Needham (1900), and James Murray (1837). After him are Allen Carr (1934), Michael Moorcock (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Lee Child (1954), P. D. James (1920), and Elizabeth Siddal (1829).
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 121
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 122
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 123
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 124
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 125
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 126
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 127
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 128
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 129
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 130
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 131
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 132
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 133