1929 - 2022
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million copies and was adapted into a successful 1976 movie of the same title.Some of his other notable books are A Prayer for the Dying (1973), The Eagle Has Flown (1991), Thunder Point (1993), Angel of Death (1995), Flight of Eagles (1998), and Day of Reckoning (2000). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Higgins has received more than 733,254 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jack Higgins is the 3,063rd most popular writer (down from 2,661st in 2019), the 2,281st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,017th in 2019) and the 264th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Jack Higgins ranks 3,063 out of 5,755. Before him are Charles Grandison Finney, Qian Zhongshu, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Jean-François Revel, Gunilla Bergström, and Antonio Ghislanzoni. After him are Glen A. Larson, Torben Ulrich, Pierre Souvestre, Abdulah Sidran, Ioan Slavici, and Winston Graham.
1792 - 1875
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,057
1910 - 1998
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,058
1856 - 1920
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,059
1924 - 2006
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,060
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3,061
1824 - 1893
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3,062
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3,063
1937 - 2014
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,064
1928 - 2023
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,065
1874 - 1914
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,066
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,067
1848 - 1925
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,068
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,069
Among people born in 1929, Jack Higgins ranks 216. Before him are Kishore Kumar, Horst Frank, Adrienne Rich, Piero Cappuccilli, Milton Glaser, and Johan Otto von Spreckelsen. After him are Liselotte Pulver, Berry Gordy, Otar Patsatsia, Katherine Helmond, Lee Shau-kee, and Hermann Prey. Among people deceased in 2022, Jack Higgins ranks 193. Before him are Paul Veyne, Herbert Achternbusch, Joe Turkel, Juris Hartmanis, Kitten Natividad, and Joe E. Tata. After him are Maurice Karnaugh, Irene Cara, Vlado Milunić, Cristina Calderón, Manuel Esquivel, and Pablo Milanés.
1929 - 1987
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 210
1929 - 1999
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 211
1929 - 2012
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 212
1929 - 2005
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 213
1929 - 2020
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 214
1929 - 1987
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 215
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 216
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 217
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 218
1929 - 2021
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 219
1929 - 2019
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 220
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 221
1929 - 1998
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 222
1930 - 2022
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 187
1938 - 2022
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 188
1927 - 2022
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 189
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 190
1948 - 2022
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 191
1936 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 192
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 193
1924 - 2022
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 194
1959 - 2022
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 195
1941 - 2022
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 196
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 197
1940 - 2022
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 198
1943 - 2022
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 199
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Higgins ranks 2,281 out of 7,765. Before him are Tony Banks (1950), Richard Hammond (1969), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), David Gill (1843), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), and William Curtis (1746). After him are Winston Graham (1908), Natalie Dormer (1982), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Patrick Troughton (1920), Richard Williamson (1940), and Colin Clark (1905).
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 2,275
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 2,276
1889 - 1922
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 2,277
1843 - 1914
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 2,278
1893 - 1964
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 2,279
1746 - 1799
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 2,280
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 2,281
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 2,282
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 2,283
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 2,284
1920 - 1987
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 2,285
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 2,286
1905 - 1989
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 2,287
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jack Higgins ranks 264. Before him are Charles Lamb (1775), Nick Hornby (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), William Smith (1813), Dodie Smith (1896), and Richard Hammond (1969). After him are Winston Graham (1908), John Stott (1921), Wilfred Owen (1893), John Evelyn (1620), Charles Kingsley (1819), and Branwell Brontë (1817).
1775 - 1834
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 258
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 259
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 260
1813 - 1893
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 261
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 262
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 263
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 264
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 265
1921 - 2011
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 266
1893 - 1918
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 267
1620 - 1706
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 268
1819 - 1875
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 269
1817 - 1848
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 270