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Tom Sharpe

1928 - 2013

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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, all three of which were adapted for television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Sharpe has received more than 425,389 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Tom Sharpe is the 2,433rd most popular writer (down from 1,987th in 2019), the 1,863rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,541st in 2019) and the 210th most popular British Writer.

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  • 430k

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  • 53.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tom Sharpe ranks 2,433 out of 5,755Before him are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Konstantin Balmont, Isidora Sekulić, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, and Maria Skobtsova. After him are Paul the Silentiary, Dagny Juel, Vladimir Stasov, Mikha'il Na'ima, Dacia Maraini, and Margit Sandemo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tom Sharpe ranks 191Before him are Alan Sillitoe, Bella Darvi, Jack Tramiel, Nora Nova, Ernest Simoni, and Ciriaco De Mita. After him are Howard S. Becker, Willy Mairesse, Vitaliy Masol, Line Renaud, Orson Bean, and Horace Silver. Among people deceased in 2013, Tom Sharpe ranks 150Before him are Harry Reems, Patti Page, Juan José Linz, Ottmar Walter, Eiji Toyoda, and Tony Sheridan. After him are Deanna Durbin, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Emilio Colombo, Yury Yakovlev, Manolo Escobar, and Zao Wou-Ki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 1,863 out of 7,765Before him are Henry Maudslay (1771), Hilton Valentine (1943), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Olivia Colman (1974), and Graham Nash (1942). After him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Elvis Costello (1954), Richard Henderson (1945), David Byrne (1952), Frank Dicksee (1853), and Perry Anderson (1938).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 210Before him are Alan Sillitoe (1928), John Webster (1578), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), George Meredith (1828), Jojo Moyes (1969), and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310). After him are John Cleland (1709), John Fletcher (1579), A. S. Byatt (1936), Terry Eagleton (1943), Renée Vivien (1877), and Edward FitzGerald (1809).