1905 - 1983
Mary Renault (; 4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), born Eileen Mary Challans, was an English writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Renault has received more than 272,638 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mary Renault is the 3,656th most popular writer (down from 3,534th in 2019), the 2,694th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,582nd in 2019) and the 327th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Mary Renault ranks 3,656 out of 5,794. Before her are Jędrzej Śniadecki, Leopold Andrian, Charles Williams, Dominique Fernandez, Rodolfo Walsh, and Andrejs Pumpurs. After her are Johann Georg von Hahn, Mustai Karim, Antanas Baranauskas, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Eric Frank Russell, and Mary Seacole.
1768 - 1838
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 3,650
1875 - 1951
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 3,651
1886 - 1945
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 3,652
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 3,653
1927 - 1977
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 3,654
1841 - 1902
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 3,655
1905 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,656
1811 - 1869
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,657
1919 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,658
1835 - 1902
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,659
1815 - 1890
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,660
1905 - 1978
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,661
1805 - 1881
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3,662
Among people born in 1905, Mary Renault ranks 199. Before her are Michael Tippett, Albrecht Unsöld, Abeid Karume, Tamar Abakelia, Leila Hyams, and Lilí Álvarez. After her are Eric Frank Russell, Vicente Trueba, Walther Müller, Hendrik Wade Bode, Edmundo Piaggio, and Étienne Mattler. Among people deceased in 1983, Mary Renault ranks 131. Before her are Rudolf Wolters, Earl Tupper, Erich Juskowiak, John Bodkin Adams, Maurice Bishop, and Musine Kokalari. After her are Arvīds Pelše, Louise Weiss, Mordecai Kaplan, José Iraragorri, Mykola Bazhan, and Gunnar Thoroddsen.
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 193
1905 - 1995
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 194
1905 - 1972
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 195
1905 - 1953
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 196
1905 - 1977
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 197
1905 - 1998
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 198
1905 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 199
1905 - 1978
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 200
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 201
1905 - 1979
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 202
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 203
1905 - 1975
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 204
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 205
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 125
1907 - 1983
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 126
1926 - 1983
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 127
1899 - 1983
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 128
1943 - 1983
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 129
1917 - 1983
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 130
1905 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 131
1899 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 132
1893 - 1983
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 133
1881 - 1983
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 134
1912 - 1983
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 135
1904 - 1983
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 136
1910 - 1983
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 137
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Renault ranks 2,694 out of 6,924. Before her are Charles Williams (1886), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Tom Baker (1934), Derek Bell (1941), and Elizabeth Fry (1780). After her are Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Thomas Girtin (1775), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), and Taylor Caldwell (1900).
1886 - 1945
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,688
1771 - 1805
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,689
1944 - 1994
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,690
1934 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,691
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 2,692
1780 - 1845
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,693
1905 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,694
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,695
1905 - 1978
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 2,696
1400 - 1460
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 2,697
1775 - 1802
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 2,698
1881 - 1946
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 2,699
1900 - 1985
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 2,700
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Renault ranks 327. Before her are Edith Durham (1863), Lytton Strachey (1880), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Richard Hakluyt (1552), and Charles Williams (1886). After her are Eric Frank Russell (1905), Taylor Caldwell (1900), Ian Rankin (1960), Thomas Middleton (1580), Arnold Wesker (1932), and William Hazlitt (1778).
1863 - 1944
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 321
1880 - 1932
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 322
1915 - 2011
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 323
1612 - 1672
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 324
1552 - 1616
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 325
1886 - 1945
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 326
1905 - 1983
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 327
1905 - 1978
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 328
1900 - 1985
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 329
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 330
1580 - 1627
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 331
1932 - 2016
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 332
1778 - 1830
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 333