WRITER

Sophie Dahl

1977 - Today

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Sophie Dahl (born Sophie Holloway on 15 September 1977) is an English author and former fashion model. Her first novel, The Man with the Dancing Eyes, was published in 2003 followed by Playing With the Grown-ups in 2007. In 2009, she wrote Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights, a cookery book which formed the basis for a six-part BBC Two series named The Delicious Miss Dahl. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophie Dahl has received more than 4,188,004 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sophie Dahl is the 7,095th most popular writer (down from 6,363rd in 2019), the 6,979th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,430th in 2019) and the 737th most popular British Writer.

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  • 4.2M

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  • 33.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sophie Dahl ranks 7,095 out of 7,302Before her are Anne Michaels, Szczepan Sadurski, Gcina Mhlophe, Stephanie Savage, Mika Brzezinski, and Charlotte Roche. After her are Laura Gallego García, Rebecca Walker, Simon Kuper, Inna Shevchenko, Mark Ravenhill, and Park Yeon-mi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Sophie Dahl ranks 718Before her are Kristoffer Polaha, Jayna Hefford, Hrvoje Vejić, Marquinhos Paraná, Li Jinyu, and Greg Plitt. After her are Iker Martínez de Lizarduy, Laura Gallego García, Dickon Mitchell, Bertie Carvel, Heather McComb, and Andreas Kotelnik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sophie Dahl ranks 6,979 out of 8,785Before her are Ben Davies (1993), Charlotte Hope (1990), David Broome (1940), Charlotte Roche (1978), Lucy Bronze (1991), and John Aston Jr. (1947). After her are Tony Hibbert (1981), Derek Ibbotson (1932), Vicky Holland (1986), Bertie Carvel (1977), Geoff Barrow (1971), and Neil Webb (1963).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sophie Dahl ranks 737Before her are Edwin Morgan (1920), Ken MacLeod (1954), Helen Dunmore (1952), Terry Nation (1930), Frances Hardinge (1973), and Charlotte Roche (1978). After her are Mark Ravenhill (1966), Tom Holland (1968), Nicola Griffith (1960), Peaches Geldof (1989), Will Self (1961), and Denise Mina (1966).