1906 - 1985
James Hadley Chase (24 December 1906 – 6 February 1985) was an English writer. While his birth name was René Lodge Brabazon Raymond, he was well known by his various pseudonyms, including James Hadley Chase, James L. Docherty, Raymond Marshall, R. Raymond, and Ambrose Grant. He was one of the best known thriller writers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Hadley Chase has received more than 610,000 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). James Hadley Chase is the 1,018th most popular writer (up from 1,059th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 829th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Writer.
James Hadley Chase is most famous for his novel "No Orchids for Miss Blandish."
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Among writers, James Hadley Chase ranks 1,018 out of 5,755. Before him are Comtessa de Dia, Dobrica Ćosić, Tibor Sekelj, Harry Mulisch, Titus Pomponius Atticus, and Veronica Franco. After him are Iris Murdoch, Bar Hebraeus, Julien Green, Derek Walcott, Bernhard Schlink, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae.
1175 - 1225
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,012
1921 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,013
1912 - 1988
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,014
1927 - 2010
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,015
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,016
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,017
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,018
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,019
1226 - 1286
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,020
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,021
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,022
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,023
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,024
Among people born in 1906, James Hadley Chase ranks 60. Before him are Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Empress Wanrong, Albert Sabin, Max Delbrück, Ettore Majorana, and Vera Menchik. After him are Fredric Brown, Anthony Mann, André Weil, Muzafer Sherif, Douglas McGregor, and Chandra Shekhar Azad. Among people deceased in 1985, James Hadley Chase ranks 29. Before him are Ferhat Abbas, Margaret Mahler, Emil Gilels, Paul Flory, Elsa Morante, and Rodney Robert Porter. After him are Robert Graves, George Pólya, Kyu Sakamoto, Donald O. Hebb, Macfarlane Burnet, and The Singing Nun.
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 54
1906 - 1946
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 55
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 56
1906 - 1981
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 57
1906 - 1959
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 58
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 59
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 60
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 61
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 62
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 63
1906 - 1988
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 64
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 65
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 66
1899 - 1985
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 23
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 24
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 25
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 26
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 27
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 28
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 29
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 30
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 31
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 32
1904 - 1985
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 33
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 34
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 35
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hadley Chase ranks 812 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Robert FitzRoy (1805), William Bateson (1861), and George Porter (1920). After him are Peter Benenson (1921), Brian Epstein (1934), Louise of Great Britain (1724), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Rex Harrison (1908), and Leonora Carrington (1917).
1905 - 1919
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 806
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 807
1833 - 1898
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 808
1805 - 1865
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 809
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 810
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 811
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 812
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 813
1934 - 1967
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 814
1724 - 1751
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 815
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 816
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 817
1917 - 2011
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 818
Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Hadley Chase ranks 99. Before him are John Fowles (1926), E. M. Forster (1879), Henry Fielding (1707), John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689). After him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Edmund Spenser (1552), Robert Graves (1895), W. H. Auden (1907), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), and Patrick White (1912).
1926 - 2005
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 93
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 94
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 95
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 96
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 97
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 98
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 99
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 100
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 101
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 102
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 103
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 104
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 105