WRITER

Frederick Forsyth

1938 - Today

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Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List. Forsyth's works frequently appear on best-sellers lists and more than a dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Forsyth has received more than 1,872,847 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Forsyth is the 864th most popular writer (down from 704th in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 569th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Writer.

Forsyth is most famous for his novel The Day of the Jackal, which is about a professional assassin hired to kill French president Charles de Gaulle.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Dogs of War
1974
The Afghan
2006
The Odessa File
1972
The Day of the Jackal
1971
The Veteran
2001
The devil's alternative
1979

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frederick Forsyth ranks 864 out of 7,302. Before him are Ernesto Sabato, Iris Murdoch, John Fante, Ambrose Bierce, Philostratus, and Peter Weiss. After him are Aziz Nesin, Wilkie Collins, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Zeami Motokiyo, Aubrey Beardsley, and Nizar Qabbani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Frederick Forsyth ranks 53. Before him are Jiří Menzel, Alpha Condé, Raymond Carver, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kurt Wüthrich, and Viktor Chernomyrdin. After him are Issey Miyake, Lynn Margulis, Oliver Reed, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Dennehy, and Marcello Gandini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Forsyth ranks 654 out of 8,785. Before him are Bobby Robson (1933), John Flamsteed (1646), Kevin Keegan (1951), Brian Eno (1948), Colin Maclaurin (1698), and Richard Arkwright (1732). After him are Wilkie Collins (1824), Ian Paice (1948), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Patrick Blackett (1897), and Bernard Lewis (1916).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Forsyth ranks 78. Before him are Tony Buzan (1942), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Edgar Wallace (1875), John Bunyan (1628), Julian Barnes (1946), and W. H. Auden (1907). After him are Wilkie Collins (1824), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Philip Pullman (1946), Ben Jonson (1572), Bruce Chatwin (1940), and James May (1963).

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