New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

WRITER

Len Deighton

1929 - Today

Photo of Len Deighton

Icon of person Len Deighton

Leonard Cyril Deighton (; 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 1,210,518 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Len Deighton is the 4,629th most popular writer (down from 3,954th in 2019), the 3,494th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,936th in 2019) and the 396th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Page views of Len Deightons by language


Among WRITERS

Among writers, Len Deighton ranks 4,629 out of 5,755. Before him are Felisberto Hernández, Albert Londres, Julie Garwood, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Patrick Rothfuss, and Cyril M. Kornbluth. After him are Vitaliano Brancati, Edith Sitwell, Philippe Néricault Destouches, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Georg Calixtus, and Cynewulf.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Len Deighton ranks 349. Before him are Azzeddine Laraki, Richard Bass, Elizabeth Roemer, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Eliseo Prado, and Beverly Sills. After him are Nathalia Timberg, Michael D. Coe, Ignacio Velasco, Ulu Grosbard, John Julius Norwich, and Richard Dysart.

Others Born in 1929

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Len Deighton ranks 3,494 out of 7,765. Before him are Steve Perryman (1951), Peter Molyneux (1959), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Don Thompson (1933), Seán Lester (1888), and Ben Chaplin (1969). After him are Trevor Taylor (1936), Robin Milner (1934), Christopher Cazenove (1943), Edith Sitwell (1887), Jamie Bell (1986), and Cilla Black (1943).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Len Deighton ranks 396. Before him are Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Richard Bentley (1662), Brian Lumley (1937), Eleanor Farjeon (1881), W. S. Gilbert (1836), and Elizabeth Goudge (1900). After him are Edith Sitwell (1887), Cynewulf (900), Margery Allingham (1904), John Lyly (1554), Helen Fielding (1958), and M. R. James (1862).

British born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL