1926 - 2005
John Robert Fowles (; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist of international renown, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others. After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus, an instant best-seller that was directly in tune with 1960s "hippy" anarchism and experimental philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fowles has received more than 503,809 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). John Fowles is the 811th most popular writer (down from 770th in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 581st in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, John Fowles ranks 811 out of 5,794. Before him are Kang Youwei, David Irving, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Heinrich Kramer, Tao Yuanming, and Frank Wedekind. After him are Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Madame de La Fayette, Anne Rice, Milorad Pavić, Peter Weiss, and Arrigo Boito.
1858 - 1927
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 805
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 806
1741 - 1801
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 807
1430 - 1505
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 808
365 - 427
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 809
1864 - 1918
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 810
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 811
190 - 264
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 812
1634 - 1693
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 813
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 814
1929 - 2009
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 815
1916 - 1982
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 816
1842 - 1918
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 817
Among people born in 1926, John Fowles ranks 48. Before him are George Martin, Donald A. Glaser, Murray Rothbard, Ingrid Thulin, Margot Frank, and Maria Schell. After him are Valdas Adamkus, Richard Crenna, Harry Dean Stanton, Ingeborg Bachmann, Abdus Salam, and Richard Matheson. Among people deceased in 2005, John Fowles ranks 33. Before him are Max Schmeling, Pat Morita, Joseph Rotblat, Maria Schell, Lucien Laurent, and Moustapha Akkad. After him are Milton Obote, Birgit Nilsson, Ibrahim Ferrer, George F. Kennan, Brother Roger, and Aslan Maskhadov.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 42
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 43
1926 - 1995
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 44
1926 - 2004
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 45
1926 - 1945
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 46
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 47
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 48
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 49
1926 - 2003
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 50
1926 - 2017
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 51
1926 - 1973
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 52
1926 - 1996
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 53
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 54
1905 - 2005
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 27
1932 - 2005
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 28
1908 - 2005
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 29
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 30
1907 - 2005
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 31
1930 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 32
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 33
1925 - 2005
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 34
1918 - 2005
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 35
1927 - 2005
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 36
1904 - 2005
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 37
1915 - 2005
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 38
1951 - 2005
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 39
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Fowles ranks 635 out of 6,924. Before him are Wilkie Collins (1824), Henry the Young King (1155), David Irving (1938), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Martin Ryle (1918), and John Buchan (1875). After him are Bruce Dickinson (1958), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), Robert Robinson (1886), Ann Radcliffe (1764), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), and Henry Hallett Dale (1875).
1824 - 1889
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 629
1155 - 1183
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 630
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 631
1945 - 1987
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 632
1918 - 1984
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 633
1875 - 1940
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 634
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 635
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 636
1862 - 1938
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 637
1886 - 1975
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 638
1764 - 1823
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 639
836 - 865
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 640
1875 - 1968
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 641
Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Fowles ranks 86. Before him are H. Rider Haggard (1856), A. A. Milne (1882), Thomas Malory (1405), Edgar Wallace (1875), Wilkie Collins (1824), and David Irving (1938). After him are Ann Radcliffe (1764), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Patrick White (1912), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), and W. H. Auden (1907).
1856 - 1925
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 80
1882 - 1956
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 81
1405 - 1471
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 82
1875 - 1932
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 83
1824 - 1889
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 84
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 85
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 86
1764 - 1823
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 87
1860 - 1946
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 88
1912 - 1990
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 89
1940 - 1989
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 90
1872 - 1898
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 91
1907 - 1973
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 92