1930 - 2008
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Pinter has received more than 2,830,287 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2019). Harold Pinter is the 480th most popular writer (down from 458th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Writer.
Harold Pinter is most famous for his plays. He was a British playwright who wrote many plays in the 1950s and 1960s. His plays are known for their use of silence, pauses, and confusion.
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Among writers, Harold Pinter ranks 480 out of 5,755. Before him are Jules Michelet, William S. Burroughs, Nathaniel Hawthorne, D. H. Lawrence, Statius, and Ellen G. White. After him are Elie Wiesel, Tyrtaeus, Anthony Burgess, Baldassare Castiglione, Robert A. Heinlein, and Gaston Leroux.
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 474
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 475
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 476
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 477
40 - 96
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 478
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 479
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 480
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 481
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 482
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 483
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 484
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 485
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 486
Among people born in 1930, Harold Pinter ranks 31. Before him are Philippe Noiret, Maximilian Schell, Ion Iliescu, Claude Chabrol, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Tu Youyou. After him are Immanuel Wallerstein, Gary Becker, Bernie Ecclestone, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Biljana Plavšić, and Robert Wagner. Among people deceased in 2008, Harold Pinter ranks 16. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, Charlton Heston, Albert Hofmann, Hua Guofeng, Sydney Pollack, and Jørn Utzon. After him are Richard Widmark, Miriam Makeba, Richard Wright, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, and Michael Crichton.
1930 - 2006
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 25
1930 - 2014
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 27
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 28
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 29
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 30
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 31
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 32
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 33
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 34
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 35
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 36
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 37
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 10
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 11
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 13
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 14
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 15
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 16
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 18
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 19
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 20
1923 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 21
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Pinter ranks 371 out of 7,765. Before him are Boudica (33), Kate Bush (1958), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Edward the Confessor (1003), Ralph Fiennes (1962), and D. H. Lawrence (1885). After him are Pelagius (360), Sam Neill (1947), Anthony Burgess (1917), C. F. Powell (1903), Robert Walpole (1676), and Charles Lyell (1797).
33 - 61
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 365
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 366
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 367
1003 - 1066
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 368
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 369
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 370
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 371
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 372
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 373
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 374
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 375
1676 - 1745
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 376
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 377
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Harold Pinter ranks 45. Before him are Christopher Marlowe (1564), Enid Blyton (1897), Thomas Paine (1737), John Galsworthy (1867), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), and D. H. Lawrence (1885). After him are Anthony Burgess (1917), Robert Burns (1759), John le Carré (1931), Beatrix Potter (1866), J. M. Barrie (1860), and A. A. Milne (1882).
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 39
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 40
1737 - 1809
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 41
1867 - 1933
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 42
1849 - 1924
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 43
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 44
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 45
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 46
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 47
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 48
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 49
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 50
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 51