WRITER

Roger Hargreaves

1935 - 1988

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Roger Hargreaves (9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) was a British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He created the Mr. Men series, Little Miss series and Timbuctoo series, intended for young readers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Hargreaves has received more than 544,544 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Roger Hargreaves is the 5,451st most popular writer (down from 4,840th in 2019), the 4,145th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,711th in 2019) and the 467th most popular British Writer.

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  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roger Hargreaves ranks 5,451 out of 7,302. Before him are Lukas Moodysson, Kate Atkinson, John Antoine Nau, John Varley, William Muir, and Jacques-Pierre Amette. After him are Stratis Myrivilis, Antonio Gamoneda, Jorge de Sena, Fedde Schurer, Richard Scarry, and Jeffrey Eugenides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Roger Hargreaves ranks 403. Before him are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, José Luandino Vieira, Türkan Saylan, Gerald R. Molen, Andrey Zaliznyak, and Larry Williams. After him are Arnaldo Pambianco, Story Musgrave, Aki Schmidt, Soumitra Chatterjee, Yola Ramírez, and Jacques Poos. Among people deceased in 1988, Roger Hargreaves ranks 210. Before him are Hans Lewy, Ralph Meeker, Heather O'Rourke, Alan Napier, Lazarus Salii, and Duane Jones. After him are Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Lyman Lemnitzer, Hermann Volk, Colin Higgins, Roy Kinnear, and John Loder.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Hargreaves ranks 4,145 out of 8,785. Before him are Catharine Macaulay (1731), Lily James (1989), Archie Stark (1897), William Kirby (1759), William Muir (1819), and Ireen Sheer (1949). After him are Herbert Baddeley (1872), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mike Summerbee (1942), Thomas Phillips (1770), Daphne Oram (1925), and John Marston (1576).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Roger Hargreaves ranks 467. Before him are Mary Sidney (1561), John Clare (1793), Dan Houser (1974), Richard Hoggart (1918), Kate Atkinson (1951), and William Muir (1819). After him are John Marston (1576), Emilia Lanier (1569), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Bruno Heller (1960), and Thomas Nashe (1567).

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