1905 - 1983
Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault (), was an English writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Born in Forest Gate in 1905, she attended St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1924 until 1928. After graduating from St Hugh's with a Third Class in English, she worked as a nurse and began writing her first novels, which were contemporary romances. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Renault has received more than 400,730 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Renault is the 3,811th most popular writer (down from 3,653rd in 2019), the 2,789th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,692nd in 2019) and the 324th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Mary Renault ranks 3,811 out of 5,755. Before her are Torgny Lindgren, Aleksandar Tišma, Bret Harte, Cecco Angiolieri, Kim Stanley Robinson, and James Redfield. After her are Jędrzej Śniadecki, Václav Hanka, Ferdinand Brunetière, Shinichi Hoshi, Ricardo Piglia, and Jan Brzechwa.
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3,805
1924 - 2003
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3,806
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,807
1260 - 1312
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,808
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,809
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,810
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,811
1768 - 1838
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 3,812
1791 - 1861
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,813
1849 - 1906
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,814
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,815
1941 - 2017
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 3,816
1898 - 1966
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 3,817
Among people born in 1905, Mary Renault ranks 196. Before her are Luis Vargas Peña, Karol Borsuk, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Anton Ackermann, Shojiro Sugimura, and Leila Hyams. After her are Rózsa Péter, Tamar Abakelia, Eric Frank Russell, Siaka Stevens, Helen Wills, and Edmundo Piaggio. Among people deceased in 1983, Mary Renault ranks 138. Before her are Edward Lawry Norton, Arvīds Pelše, Mykola Bazhan, John Bodkin Adams, Higinio Morínigo, and Romain Maes. After her are Christophe Soglo, Alan Cunningham, Larysa Hienijuš, Erich Juskowiak, Émile Veinante, and Harry James.
1905 - 1994
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 190
1905 - 1982
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 191
1905 - 1972
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 192
1905 - 1973
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 193
1905 - 1975
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 194
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 195
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 196
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 197
1905 - 1953
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 198
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 199
1905 - 1988
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 200
1905 - 1998
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 201
1905 - 1975
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 202
1898 - 1983
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 132
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 133
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 134
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 135
1897 - 1983
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 136
1912 - 1983
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 137
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 138
1909 - 1983
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 139
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 140
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 141
1926 - 1983
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 142
1907 - 1983
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 143
1916 - 1983
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 144
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Renault ranks 2,789 out of 7,765. Before her are Jim Sturgess (1978), Barry Jackson (1938), John Wilkinson (1728), Mick Jackson (1943), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), and Lesley-Anne Down (1954). After her are Lambert Simnel (1477), Jimmy Bain (1947), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Richard O'Brien (1942), Harry Styles (1994), and Effie Gray (1828).
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,783
1938 - 2013
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,784
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,785
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,786
1771 - 1805
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,787
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,788
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,789
1477 - 1525
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,790
1947 - 2016
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 2,791
1881 - 1964
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 2,792
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 2,793
1994 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 2,794
1828 - 1897
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 2,795
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Renault ranks 324. Before her are Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Beryl Markham (1902), Arthur Waley (1889), Leslie Stephen (1832), and Lydia Becker (1827). After her are George Gissing (1857), Minette Walters (1949), Raphael Holinshed (1529), Francis Beaumont (1584), Eric Frank Russell (1905), and Susanna Hall (1583).
1843 - 1901
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 318
1871 - 1914
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 319
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 320
1889 - 1966
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 321
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 322
1827 - 1890
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 323
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 324
1857 - 1903
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 325
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 326
1529 - 1580
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 327
1584 - 1616
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 328
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 329
1583 - 1649
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 330