1953 - Today
Sebastian Charles Faulks (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. He has also published novels with a contemporary setting, most recently A Week in December (2009) and Paris Echo, (2018) and a James Bond continuation novel, Devil May Care (2008), as well as a continuation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Faulks has received more than 575,355 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sebastian Faulks is the 6,123rd most popular writer (down from 5,414th in 2019), the 5,729th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,102nd in 2019) and the 637th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Sebastian Faulks ranks 6,123 out of 5,755. Before him are David Sedaris, Vin Scully, Robert Bridges, Shirley Ann Grau, Parveen Shakir, and Miro Gavran. After him are Wolf Haas, Roberto Orci, Ingo Schulze, Kristina Ohlsson, Eric Linklater, and Leonard Maltin.
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 6,117
1927 - 2022
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 6,118
1844 - 1930
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 6,119
1929 - 2020
HPI: 36.46
Rank: 6,120
1952 - 1994
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 6,121
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 6,122
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 6,123
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 6,124
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 6,125
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 6,126
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,127
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,128
1950 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 6,129
Among people born in 1953, Sebastian Faulks ranks 554. Before him are Linda Lingle, Pete Hoekstra, Tom DiCillo, Nikolay Bazhukov, Naoto Satō, and Madhav Kumar Nepal. After him are Betty Wright, Tatyana Providokhina, John Sessions, Sam Kinison, Glen Ballard, and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 548
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 549
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 550
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 551
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 552
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 553
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 554
1953 - 2020
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 555
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 556
1953 - 2020
HPI: 35.99
Rank: 557
1953 - 1992
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 558
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 559
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 560
Among people born in United Kingdom, Sebastian Faulks ranks 5,729 out of 7,765. Before him are Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (2019), Jim Baxter (1939), Robert Bridges (1844), Anthony Taylor (1978), Mark Allen (1986), and Steve Clarke (1963). After him are Kate Dickie (1971), Dusa McDuff (1945), Peter Cattaneo (1964), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Pollyanna McIntosh (1979), and Jeff Astle (1942).
2019 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 5,723
1939 - 2001
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 5,724
1844 - 1930
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 5,725
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.46
Rank: 5,726
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 5,727
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 5,728
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 5,729
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 5,730
1945 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 5,731
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 5,732
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 5,733
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 5,734
1942 - 2002
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 5,735
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sebastian Faulks ranks 637. Before him are Nina Bawden (1925), Clemence Dane (1888), Charles Stross (1964), Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), Carol Ann Duffy (1955), and Robert Bridges (1844). After him are Eric Linklater (1899), Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Tom Rob Smith (1979), John Mortimer (1923), Benjamin Jowett (1817), and Andrea Levy (1956).
1925 - 2012
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 631
1888 - 1965
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 632
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 633
1892 - 1978
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 634
1955 - Present
HPI: 36.51
Rank: 635
1844 - 1930
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 636
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 637
1899 - 1974
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 638
1834 - 1924
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 639
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.90
Rank: 640
1923 - 2009
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 641
1817 - 1893
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 642
1956 - 2019
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 643