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Sue Townsend

1946 - 2014

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Susan Lillian Townsend (née Johnstone; 2 April 1946 – 10 April 2014) was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole. After writing in secret from the age of 14, Townsend first became known for her plays, her signature character first appearing in a radio drama, but her work soon expanded into other forms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sue Townsend has received more than 640,456 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sue Townsend is the 3,416th most popular writer (up from 3,452nd in 2019), the 2,528th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,561st in 2019) and the 295th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sue Townsend ranks 3,416 out of 5,755. Before her are Natsuo Kirino, Blaga Dimitrova, Israel Zangwill, Ai Yazawa, Vincenzo Cerami, and Charles Simon Favart. After her are Mykola Kulish, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Francis Scott Key, Ilya Ilf, Félix María de Samaniego, and Nikolay Novikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Sue Townsend ranks 292. Before her are Suzanne Somers, Aleksander Wolszczan, Jacques Tardi, Minoru Kobata, Jiří Bělohlávek, and Stuart Wilson. After her are Daniel Bensaïd, Mick Ronson, Katia Ricciarelli, Trevor Pinnock, Ibn Warraq, and Jane Asher. Among people deceased in 2014, Sue Townsend ranks 175. Before her are Carmelo Simeone, Marilyn Burns, Juanita Moore, Ante Žanetić, Michael Sata, and Yoshihito, Prince Katsura. After her are Marinho Chagas, Christopher Hogwood, Yuri Lyubimov, Licia Albanese, Sulejman Tihić, and Tomaž Šalamun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sue Townsend ranks 2,528 out of 7,765. Before her are Jackie Oliver (1942), Mel Collins (1947), Martin Amis (1949), William Turner (1510), Israel Zangwill (1864), and Stuart Wilson (1946). After her are Dick Parry (1942), Gorden Kaye (1941), Leonard Whiting (1950), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), Harry Andrews (1911), and Matthew Locke (1621).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sue Townsend ranks 295. Before her are Eric Ambler (1909), David Crystal (1941), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Martin Amis (1949), and Israel Zangwill (1864). After her are John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Paul Johnson (1928), John Winthrop (1588), and Gertrude Jekyll (1843).

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