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WRITER

Peter Cheyney

1896 - 1951

Peter Cheyney

Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution, which, starting in 1953, were adapted into a series of French movies, all starring Eddie Constantine (however, the best known of these – the 1965 science fiction film Alphaville – was not directly based on a Cheyney novel). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Cheyney has received more than 88,281 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Cheyney is the 3,290th most popular writer (down from 3,047th in 2019), the 2,432nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,270th in 2019) and the 279th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

88k
Page Views (PV)
50.78
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
5.58
Effective Languages (L*)
1.99
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Cheyney ranks 3,290 out of 5,755. Before him are Giulio Angioni, Gulbadan Begum, Rutebeuf, John Mauropous, Teofilo Folengo, and Salvador Espriu. After him are William Langland, Marcin Kromer, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Luciano De Crescenzo, Nancy Mitford, and William Cowper.

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HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,284
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1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
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Rutebeuf
1300 - 1285
HPI: 50.79
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John Mauropous
990 - 1070
HPI: 50.79
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Teofilo Folengo
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HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,288
Salvador Espriu
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,289
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1896 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,290
William Langland
1332 - 1386
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,291
Marcin Kromer
1512 - 1589
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 3,292
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
1822 - 1847
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 3,293
Luciano De Crescenzo
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 3,294
Nancy Mitford
1904 - 1973
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,295
William Cowper
1731 - 1800
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,296

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Peter Cheyney ranks 138. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, Boris Podolsky, Evgeny Schwartz, Raymond Massey, Josephine Tey, and Alberto Demicheli. After him are Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, Nobuko Yoshiya, William Cameron Menzies, Friedrich Sämisch, and Rafael Franco. Among people deceased in 1951, Peter Cheyney ranks 93. Before him are Ernest Bevin, Selim Palmgren, Lippo Hertzka, Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, Fréhel, and István Friedrich. After him are Angelos Sikelianos, Reggie Walker, Sabiha Kasimati, André Gobert, Henry Carton de Wiart, and Roland Jacobi.

Others Born in 1896

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Edward Arthur Milne
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 132
Boris Podolsky
1896 - 1966
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 133
Evgeny Schwartz
1896 - 1958
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 134
Raymond Massey
1896 - 1983
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 135
Josephine Tey
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 136
Alberto Demicheli
1896 - 1980
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 137
Peter Cheyney
1896 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 138
Prince Wolfgang of Hesse
1896 - 1989
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 139
Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven
1896 - 1963
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 140
Nobuko Yoshiya
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 141
William Cameron Menzies
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 142
Friedrich Sämisch
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 143
Rafael Franco
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 144