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, in 1966 and 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graham Greene has received more than 3,256,396 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Graham Greene is the 343rd most popular writer (down from 270th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 197th in 2019) and the 37th 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 343 out of 5,794. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy, Arthur Schnitzler, James Fenimore Cooper, Claude Simon, Jo Nesbø, and Raymond Chandler. After him are Napoleon Hill, Margaret Atwood, Henry James, Kenzaburō Ōe, Théophile Gautier, and Sholem Aleichem.
1863 - 1933
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 337
1862 - 1931
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 338
1789 - 1851
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 339
1913 - 2005
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 340
1960 - Present
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 341
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 342
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 343
1883 - 1970
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 344
1939 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 345
1843 - 1916
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 346
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 347
1811 - 1872
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 348
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 349
Among people born in 1904, Graham Greene ranks 13. Before him are B. F. Skinner, Umberto II of Italy, Cary Grant, Johnny Weissmuller, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Jean Gabin. After him are George Gamow, Pavel Cherenkov, Alexei Kosygin, Karl Brandt, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, and René Lacoste. Among people deceased in 1991, Graham Greene ranks 12. Before him are Serge Gainsbourg, Miles Davis, Yves Montand, Klaus Kinski, Klaus Barbie, and Jiang Qing. After him are Edwin McMillan, Gustáv Husák, Carl David Anderson, Soichiro Honda, Frank Capra, and John Bardeen.
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 7
1904 - 1983
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 8
1904 - 1986
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 9
1904 - 1984
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 10
1904 - 1967
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 12
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 13
1904 - 1968
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 14
1904 - 1990
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 15
1904 - 1980
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 16
1904 - 1948
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 17
1904 - 1988
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 18
1904 - 1996
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 19
1928 - 1991
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 6
1926 - 1991
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 7
1921 - 1991
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 8
1926 - 1991
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 9
1913 - 1991
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 10
1914 - 1991
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 11
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 12
1907 - 1991
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 13
1913 - 1991
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 14
1905 - 1991
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 15
1906 - 1991
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 16
1897 - 1991
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 17
1908 - 1991
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Greene ranks 265 out of 6,924. Before him are Harold Godwinson (1022), Peter Higgs (1929), John Herschel (1792), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), and John Constable (1776). After him are John Venn (1834), Saint Walpurga (710), Jon Lord (1941), Richard Cromwell (1626), Edward Gibbon (1737), and Emmeline Pankhurst (1858).
1022 - 1066
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 259
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 260
1792 - 1871
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 261
795 - 858
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 262
1496 - 1533
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 263
1776 - 1837
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 264
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 265
1834 - 1923
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 266
710 - 779
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 267
1941 - 2012
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 268
1626 - 1712
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 269
1737 - 1794
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 270
1858 - 1928
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 271
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Graham Greene ranks 37. Before him are Anna Wintour (1949), Anne Brontë (1820), J. K. Rowling (1965), Christopher Marlowe (1564), John Donne (1572), and J. M. Barrie (1860). After him are John Galsworthy (1867), Beatrix Potter (1866), G. K. Chesterton (1874), Percy Fawcett (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), and Alexander Pope (1688).
1949 - Present
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 31
1820 - 1849
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 32
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 33
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 34
1572 - 1631
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 35
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 36
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 37
1867 - 1933
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 38
1866 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 39
1874 - 1936
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 40
1867 - 1925
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 41
1828 - 1882
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 42
1688 - 1744
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 43