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Leslie Charteris

1907 - 1993

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Leslie Charteris (; born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin; 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leslie Charteris has received more than 455,538 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Charteris is the 4,691st most popular writer (down from 4,279th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Singapore and the most popular Singaporean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leslie Charteris ranks 4,691 out of 5,755. Before him are José Eustasio Rivera, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Gesualdo Bufalino, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Niccolò Ammaniti, and Linn Ullmann. After him are Ioannis Chrysafis, Jacques Dupin, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Thomas Dekker, and Dany Laferrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Leslie Charteris ranks 258. Before him are August Hellemans, John McIntire, Vitaliano Brancati, Raymond Abellio, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, and Crisant Bosch. After him are Efraín Amézcua, Martín Marculeta, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, Walter Nausch, Reino Kuuskoski, and Oscarino Costa Silva. Among people deceased in 1993, Leslie Charteris ranks 180. Before him are Hans Werner Richter, Rudolf Wetzer, Alfred Manessier, Kenny Drew, Štefan Uher, and Jean Cau. After him are Hamo Sahyan, Claude Renoir, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Bob Kiesel, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and Ranasinghe Premadasa.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Leslie Charteris ranks 13 out of 35. Before him are S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Benjamin Sheares (1907), and Julia Nickson (1958). After him are Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Fann Wong (1971), Jackson Rathbone (1984), Edward Craven Walker (1918), and Terry Butcher (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Singapore

Among writers born in Singapore, Leslie Charteris ranks 1. After him are Shamsul Maidin (1966).

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