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Patrick Leigh Fermor

British author, scholar and soldier

1915 - 2011

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Patrick Leigh Fermor is the 3,797th most popular writer (up from 3,833rd in 2024), the 3,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,744th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular British Writer.

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Patrick Leigh Fermor's biography spans 23 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.54.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 3,797 out of 7,707. Before him are Kim Sowol, Jiří Dienstbier, Mikhail Isakovsky, Jules Janin, Cao Yu, and Gunter d'Alquen. After him are Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Auguste Barbier, Merab Kostava, Donald Barthelme, Peter Mayle, and Anton Delvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 151. Before him are John Tukey, Antonio Innocenti, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Karl Leisner, Arthur Owen, and Günther Schwägermann. After him are Harry Edison, Nikos Beloyannis, Tapio Rautavaara, John Profumo, Vladimir Zeldin, and Harry Morgan. Among people deceased in 2011, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 215. Before him are Arnošt Lustig, Neil Young, George Shearing, Ricky Bruch, Jiří Dienstbier, and John Paul Getty III. After him are Juan Arza, Robert Ballaman, Alenush Terian, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Würzel, and Imre Makovecz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 3,003 out of 9,870. Before him are David C. Jewitt (1958), Ruth Wilson (1982), Dora Boothby (1881), Jack Taylor (1930), James Nasmyth (1808), and Matthew Vaughn (1971). After him are Tim McInnerny (1956), Norman McLaren (1914), Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Ellen Terry (1847), and Samuel Clarke (1675).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 343. Before him are Georgette Heyer (1902), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Anthony Hope (1863), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Peter Cheyney (1896), and John Ford (1586). After him are Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), Hilary Mantel (1952), Paul Johnson (1928), Graham Hancock (1950), and Gertrude Jekyll (1843).

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