1912 - 1990
Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial parents, he was sent to England at the age of eleven for his education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Durrell has received more than 2,967,714 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Durrell is the 764th most popular writer (up from 1,057th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from India (up from 112th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Writer.
Lawrence Durrell is most famous for his "Alexandria Quartet," a series of four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Among writers, Lawrence Durrell ranks 764 out of 5,755. Before him are Douglas Adams, Miep Gies, Dalton Trumbo, Multatuli, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and Sayat-Nova. After him are Colleen McCullough, Yanka Kupala, Diana Wynne Jones, Stephen Covey, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Marie de France.
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 758
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 759
1905 - 1976
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 760
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 761
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 762
1712 - 1795
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 763
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 764
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 765
1882 - 1942
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 766
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 767
1932 - 2012
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 768
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 769
1101 - 1300
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 770
Among people born in 1912, Lawrence Durrell ranks 41. Before him are Otto Ernst Remer, Minoru Yamasaki, Leonid Kantorovich, Juan Pujol García, Karl Malden, and Glenn T. Seaborg. After him are Sonja Henie, Otto Kretschmer, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Chien-Shiung Wu, Georg Solti, and Princess Deokhye. Among people deceased in 1990, Lawrence Durrell ranks 24. Before him are Lê Đức Thọ, Keith Haring, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Miguel Muñoz, Robert Hofstadter, and Boris Shcherbina. After him are Ilya Frank, Barbara Stanwyck, Sandro Pertini, Jacques Demy, Bruno Bettelheim, and Sergio Corbucci.
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 35
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 36
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 37
1912 - 1988
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 38
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 39
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 40
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1912 - 1969
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 42
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 43
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 44
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 45
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 46
1912 - 1989
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 47
1911 - 1990
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 18
1958 - 1990
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 19
1903 - 1990
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 20
1922 - 1990
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 21
1915 - 1990
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
1919 - 1990
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 23
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 24
1908 - 1990
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 25
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 26
1896 - 1990
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 27
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 28
1903 - 1990
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 29
1926 - 1990
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 30
Among people born in India, Lawrence Durrell ranks 100 out of 1,493. Before him are Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Varāhamihira (505), Ramanuja (1017), Maharana Pratap (1540), Razia Sultana (1205), and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835). After him are Maudgalyayana (-568), Bindusara (-320), Radha (null), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Pete Best (1941), and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924).
1666 - 1708
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 94
505 - 587
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 95
1017 - 1137
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 96
1540 - 1597
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 97
1205 - 1240
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 98
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 99
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 100
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 101
320 BC - 273 BC
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 102
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 103
1817 - 1898
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 104
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 105
1924 - 2018
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 106
Among writers born in India, Lawrence Durrell ranks 16. Before him are Savitribai Phule (1831), Premchand (1880), Ghalib (1797), Vātsyāyana (300), Tukaram (1608), and Sarojini Naidu (1879). After him are Basava (1134), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Namdev (1270), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), and Bharata Muni (-1000).
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 10
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 11
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 12
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 13
1608 - 1650
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 14
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 15
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 16
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 17
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 18
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 19
1270 - 1350
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 20
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 21
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 22