1904 - 1991
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century.Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graham Greene has received more than 3,772,322 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Graham Greene is the 326th most popular writer (up from 343rd in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 265th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Writer.
Graham Greene is most famous for his novels, The End of the Affair and The Quiet American.
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Among writers, Graham Greene ranks 326 out of 5,755. Before him are Ezra Pound, Carlos Castaneda, Georges Bataille, Arthur Schnitzler, Einhard, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. After him are Elfriede Jelinek, Arthur Miller, André Malraux, Mikhail Lermontov, Ali-Shir Nava'i, and Michael Ende.
1885 - 1972
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 320
1925 - 1998
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 321
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 322
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 323
770 - 840
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 324
60 BC - 7 BC
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 325
1904 - 1991
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 326
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 327
1915 - 2005
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 328
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 329
1814 - 1841
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 330
1441 - 1501
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 331
1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 332
Among people born in 1904, Graham Greene ranks 13. Before him are Cary Grant, Umberto II of Italy, B. F. Skinner, Jean Gabin, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Johnny Weissmuller. After him are Alexei Kosygin, Karl Brandt, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Joan Crawford, George Gamow, and Ève Curie. Among people deceased in 1991, Graham Greene ranks 13. Before him are Miles Davis, Edwin McMillan, Yves Montand, Klaus Kinski, Jiang Qing, and Klaus Barbie. After him are Carl David Anderson, Gustáv Husák, John Bardeen, Soichiro Honda, Lazar Kaganovich, and Frank Capra.
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 7
1904 - 1983
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 8
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 9
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
1904 - 1967
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 11
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 12
1904 - 1991
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 13
1904 - 1980
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 14
1904 - 1948
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 15
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 16
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 17
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 18
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 19
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 7
1907 - 1991
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 8
1921 - 1991
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 10
1914 - 1991
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 11
1913 - 1991
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 12
1904 - 1991
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 13
1905 - 1991
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 14
1913 - 1991
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 15
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 16
1906 - 1991
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 17
1893 - 1991
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 18
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Greene ranks 259 out of 7,765. Before him are Ælfweard of Wessex (904), William Morris (1834), Joe Cocker (1944), Empress Matilda (1102), Anthony Giddens (1938), and Owen Willans Richardson (1879). After him are Edmund I (921), Bede (672), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), Edmond Halley (1656), Jimmy Page (1944), and Andrew Carnegie (1835).
904 - 924
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 253
1834 - 1896
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 254
1944 - 2014
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 255
1102 - 1167
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 256
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 257
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 258
1904 - 1991
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 259
921 - 946
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 260
672 - 735
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 261
1545 - 1567
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 262
1656 - 1742
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 263
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 264
1835 - 1919
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 265
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Graham Greene ranks 30. Before him are Anna Wintour (1949), J. K. Rowling (1965), Roald Dahl (1916), William Golding (1911), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), and C. S. Lewis (1898). After him are John Keats (1795), Anne Brontë (1820), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), William Wordsworth (1770), Ken Follett (1949), and George Eliot (1819).
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 24
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 25
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 26
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 27
1792 - 1822
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 28
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 29
1904 - 1991
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 30
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 31
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 32
1619 - 1655
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 33
1770 - 1850
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 34
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 35
1819 - 1880
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 36