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Len Deighton

1929 - Today

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Leonard Cyril Deighton ( DAY-tən; born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books and works on history, but he is best known for his spy novels. After completing his national service in the Royal Air Force, Deighton attended the Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London; he graduated from the latter in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Len Deighton has received more than 1,341,907 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Len Deighton is the 4,862nd most popular writer (down from 4,614th in 2019), the 3,539th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,486th in 2019) and the 403rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 55.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Len Deighton ranks 4,862 out of 7,302. Before him are Pashko Vasa, Qurratulain Hyder, Dulce María Loynaz, Andrei Mureșanu, Reiner Kunze, and Bruno Frank. After him are Konrad von Würzburg, Candy Barr, Fran Levstik, Alan Woods, Muriel Barbery, and María Martínez Sierra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Len Deighton ranks 367. Before him are Arthur Barnard, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Alfred Teinitzer, Michael Harner, Patricia Routledge, and István Rózsavölgyi. After him are Aulis Kallakorpi, Dmytro Pavlychko, Bert Stern, Béla Kárpáti, Bruno Junk, and Francis Bebey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Len Deighton ranks 3,539 out of 8,785. Before him are Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), John Arbuthnot (1667), Hywel Dda (880), Sheena Easton (1959), Michael Berry (1941), and Joe Alwyn (1991). After him are Giuseppe Wilson (1945), Norman Hunter (1943), Alan Woods (1944), James Prinsep (1799), Samson of Dol (490), and John Belchier (1706).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Len Deighton ranks 403. Before him are Nicholas Evans (1950), John Lyly (1554), W. W. Jacobs (1863), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Norman Smith (1923), and Mary Stewart (1916). After him are Alan Woods (1944), Susan Blackmore (1951), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Jonathan Coe (1961), and Richard Bentley (1662).

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