1928 - 2013
Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, which were both adapted for television. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Sharpe has received more than 281,929 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tom Sharpe is the 1,988th most popular writer (up from 2,064th in 2019), the 1,543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,538th in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Tom Sharpe ranks 1,988 out of 5,794. Before him are Honoré d'Urfé, Eugenio Barba, Fan Zhongyan, Thomas Kyd, Abraham ibn Daud, and Kingsley Amis. After him are Cleitarchus, Adnan Oktar, Mateo Alemán, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Miguel Delibes, and Joan Didion.
1567 - 1625
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,982
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,983
989 - 1052
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,984
1558 - 1594
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,985
1110 - 1180
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,986
1922 - 1995
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,987
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,988
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 1,989
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 1,990
1547 - 1613
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,991
1080 - 1170
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,992
1920 - 2010
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,993
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,994
Among people born in 1928, Tom Sharpe ranks 160. Before him are Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Ardico Magnini, Luigi Colani, Sid Watkins, Anne Sexton, and Al Lettieri. After him are Wolfhart Pannenberg, Juan María Bordaberry, Maurice Sendak, Henry Silva, Daisaku Ikeda, and Jean Kennedy Smith. Among people deceased in 2013, Tom Sharpe ranks 115. Before him are Van Cliburn, Jacques Vergès, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Deanna Durbin, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Tony Sheridan. After him are Marta Eggerth, Luis Cubilla, Esther Williams, Hilary Koprowski, Alvin Lee, and Mitja Ribičič.
1928 - 2010
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 154
1928 - 2020
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 155
1928 - 2019
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 156
1928 - 2012
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 157
1928 - 1974
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 158
1928 - 1975
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 159
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 160
1928 - 2014
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 161
1928 - 2011
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 162
1928 - 2012
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 163
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 164
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 165
1928 - 2020
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 166
1934 - 2013
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 109
1924 - 2013
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 110
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 111
1921 - 2013
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 112
1923 - 2013
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 113
1940 - 2013
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 114
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 115
1912 - 2013
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 116
1940 - 2013
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 117
1921 - 2013
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 118
1916 - 2013
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 119
1944 - 2013
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 120
1919 - 2013
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 121
Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 1,543 out of 6,924. Before him are James Edward Smith (1759), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), John Alcock (1892), Thomas Cole (1801), Thomas Kyd (1558), and Kingsley Amis (1922). After him are Max Mallowan (1904), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Rosamund Pike (1979), Michael Halliday (1925), and Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862).
1759 - 1828
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,537
1871 - 1955
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,538
1892 - 1919
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,539
1801 - 1848
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,540
1558 - 1594
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,541
1922 - 1995
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,542
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,543
1904 - 1978
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,544
1784 - 1860
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,545
1865 - 1930
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,546
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,547
1925 - 2018
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,548
1862 - 1933
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,549
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 175. Before him are Anthony Trollope (1815), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Richard Aldington (1892), Thomas Kyd (1558), and Kingsley Amis (1922). After him are Anne Perry (1938), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Matthew Arnold (1822), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), John Fletcher (1579), and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647).
1815 - 1882
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 169
1909 - 1957
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 170
1838 - 1926
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 171
1892 - 1962
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 172
1558 - 1594
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 173
1922 - 1995
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 174
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 175
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 176
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 177
1822 - 1888
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 178
1829 - 1862
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 179
1579 - 1625
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 180
1647 - 1680
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 181