1908 - 1999
Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; (1908-12-25)25 December 1908 – (1999-11-21)21 November 1999) was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant. He afterwards became a gay icon due to his flamboyant personality, fashion sense and wit. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quentin Crisp has received more than 1,427,356 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Quentin Crisp is the 4,056th most popular writer (down from 3,909th in 2019), the 2,992nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,892nd in 2019) and the 341st most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Quentin Crisp ranks 4,056 out of 5,755. Before her are Janko Kráľ, Mary McCarthy, Alexander Galich, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Taranatha, and Elin Wägner. After her are Adam Naruszewicz, Andrei Mureșanu, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Thomas Nashe, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, and Juhan Liiv.
1822 - 1876
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 4,050
1912 - 1989
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 4,051
1918 - 1977
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 4,052
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 4,053
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 4,054
1882 - 1949
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 4,055
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 4,056
1733 - 1796
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 4,057
1816 - 1863
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 4,058
1852 - 1912
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 4,059
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 4,060
1889 - 1974
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 4,061
1864 - 1913
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 4,062
Among people born in 1908, Quentin Crisp ranks 224. Before her are Don Bradman, Teizo Takeuchi, Jenő Vincze, Gualberto Villarroel, Kenji Miyamoto, and Walter Bruch. After her are Oddbjørn Hagen, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Alfred Eisenbeisser, Karl Hein, Artem Alikhanian, and Francesco Camusso. Among people deceased in 1999, Quentin Crisp ranks 156. Before her are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Minoru Chiaki, Madeline Kahn, Rolf Liebermann, Ellen Corby, and Josefina Pla. After her are Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Betty Robinson, Greg, Sarah Kane, Michael Aris, and Abraham Polonsky.
1908 - 2001
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 218
1908 - 1946
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 219
1908 - 1988
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 220
1908 - 1946
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 221
1908 - 2007
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 222
1908 - 1990
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 223
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 224
1908 - 1983
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 225
1908 - 1981
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 226
1908 - 1991
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 227
1908 - 1982
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 228
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 229
1908 - 1995
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 230
1949 - 1999
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 150
1917 - 1999
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 151
1942 - 1999
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 152
1910 - 1999
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 153
1911 - 1999
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 154
1903 - 1999
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 155
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 156
1922 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 157
1911 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 158
1931 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 159
1971 - 1999
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 160
1946 - 1999
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 161
1910 - 1999
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 162
Among people born in United Kingdom, Quentin Crisp ranks 2,992 out of 7,765. Before her are Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), John Hoppner (1758), Derek Bell (1941), Gemma Chan (1982), Ashley Cole (1980), and Capability Brown (1716). After her are William Smith (1790), Andrew Latimer (1949), Thomas Gage (1719), Thomas Nashe (1567), Sarah Siddons (1755), and John Peckham (1227).
1681 - 1733
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 2,986
1758 - 1810
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 2,987
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 2,988
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 2,989
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 2,990
1716 - 1783
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 2,991
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,992
1790 - 1847
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,993
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,994
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,995
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 2,996
1755 - 1831
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 2,997
1227 - 1292
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2,998
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Quentin Crisp ranks 341. Before her are Arnold Wesker (1932), Robert Holdstock (1948), Brian O'Nolan (1911), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Richard Hughes (1900), and Michael Morpurgo (1943). After her are Thomas Nashe (1567), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), E. L. James (1963), Ronald Knox (1888), William Hazlitt (1778), and Rosemary Sutcliff (1920).
1932 - 2016
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 335
1948 - 2009
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 336
1911 - 1966
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 337
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 338
1900 - 1976
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 339
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 340
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 341
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 342
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 343
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 344
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 345
1778 - 1830
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 346
1920 - 1992
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 347