1895 - 1982
Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh (; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Marsh is known as one of the "Queens of Crime", along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ngaio Marsh has received more than 753,503 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ngaio Marsh is the 2,638th most popular writer (down from 2,392nd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Writer.
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Among writers, Ngaio Marsh ranks 2,638 out of 5,755. Before her are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, Joseph Delaney, Ibn Kemal, and Esaias Tegnér. After her are Naoya Shiga, Avetik Isahakyan, Liviu Rebreanu, László Krasznahorkai, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and U. R. Ananthamurthy.
1895 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,632
1886 - 1941
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,633
1945 - 2012
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,634
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,635
1468 - 1536
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,636
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,637
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,638
1883 - 1971
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 2,639
1875 - 1957
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 2,640
1885 - 1944
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,641
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,642
1909 - 1983
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,643
1932 - 2014
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,644
Among people born in 1895, Ngaio Marsh ranks 128. Before her are John Gilbert, René Mayer, Jacques Brugnon, Roza Eskenazi, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, and Xu Beihong. After her are Trifko Grabež, Carl Lutz, Rudolph Minkowski, William Tubman, Fulton J. Sheen, and Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 1982, Ngaio Marsh ranks 106. Before her are Anatoly Solonitsyn, Jakov Gotovac, Anandamayi Ma, Virginia Hall, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, and Eduard Tubin. After her are John Cheever, Helene Deutsch, Abba P. Lerner, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Christian Ferras, and Gábor Szabó.
1895 - 1936
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 122
1895 - 1972
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 123
1895 - 1978
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 124
1895 - 1980
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 125
1895 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 126
1895 - 1953
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 127
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 128
1895 - 1918
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 129
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 130
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 131
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 132
1895 - 1979
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 133
1895 - 1965
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 134
1934 - 1982
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 100
1895 - 1982
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 101
1896 - 1982
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 102
1906 - 1982
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 103
1920 - 1982
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 104
1905 - 1982
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 105
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 106
1912 - 1982
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 107
1884 - 1982
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 108
1903 - 1982
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 109
1896 - 1982
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 110
1933 - 1982
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 111
1936 - 1982
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 112
Among people born in New Zealand, Ngaio Marsh ranks 26 out of 248. Before her are Karl Urban (1972), Nancy Wake (1912), Alan Dale (1947), Temuera Morrison (1960), Manu Bennett (1969), and Marton Csokas (1966). After her are Graham McRae (1940), Rob Hall (1961), Richard Curtis (1956), Andrew Niccol (1964), Janet Frame (1924), and Cliff Curtis (1968).
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 20
1912 - 2011
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 22
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 23
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 24
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 25
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 26
1940 - 2021
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 27
1961 - 1996
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 28
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 29
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 30
1924 - 2004
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 31
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 32
Among writers born in New Zealand, Ngaio Marsh ranks 2. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888). After her are Richard Curtis (1956), Janet Frame (1924), Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), Hugh Walpole (1884), Ruth Park (1917), and Philippa Boyens (2000).
1888 - 1923
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 1
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 3
1924 - 2004
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 4
1947 - 2021
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 5
1936 - 2012
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 6
1884 - 1941
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 7
1917 - 2010
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 8
2000 - Present
HPI: 25.29
Rank: 9