1932 - 2018
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018), commonly known as V. S. Naipaul and, familiarly, Vidia Naipaul, was a Trinidad and Tobago–born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V. S. Naipaul has received more than 1,997,186 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). V. S. Naipaul is the 877th most popular writer (down from 847th in 2019), the most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago and the most popular Trinidadian Writer.
V.S. Naipaul is a Trinidadian-born British author who is most famous for his novels and essays about the former British colonies in the Caribbean.
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Among writers, V. S. Naipaul ranks 877 out of 5,794. Before him are Kobayashi Issa, Nestor the Chronicler, Tukaram, Władysław Reymont, Bruce Chatwin, and Luqman. After him are Venantius Fortunatus, Anna Seghers, Laura de Noves, Tannhäuser, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and Walter Lippmann.
1763 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 871
1056 - 1106
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 872
1608 - 1650
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 873
1867 - 1925
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 874
1940 - 1989
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 875
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 876
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 877
530 - 609
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 878
1900 - 1983
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 879
1310 - 1348
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 880
1205 - 1270
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 881
1914 - 1999
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 882
1889 - 1974
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 883
Among people born in 1932, V. S. Naipaul ranks 57. Before him are Stéphane Audran, Vladimir Ivashko, Sheldon Lee Glashow, Harriet Andersson, Melvin Schwartz, and John Updike. After him are Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Peter Eisenman, Robert Mundell, Khaled al-Asaad, and Nagisa Oshima. Among people deceased in 2018, V. S. Naipaul ranks 39. Before him are Riccardo Giacconi, Roy J. Glauber, Stéphane Audran, Richard E. Taylor, Gudrun Burwitz, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Jens Christian Skou, Charles K. Kao, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Scott Wilson, Claude Lanzmann, and Jamal Khashoggi.
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 51
1932 - 1994
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 52
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 53
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 54
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 55
1932 - 2009
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 56
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 57
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 58
1932 - 1999
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 59
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 60
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 61
1932 - 2015
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 62
1932 - 2013
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 63
1931 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 33
1925 - 2018
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 34
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 35
1929 - 2018
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 36
1929 - 2018
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 37
1916 - 2018
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 38
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 39
1918 - 2018
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 40
1933 - 2018
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 41
1936 - 2018
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 42
1942 - 2018
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 43
1925 - 2018
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 44
1958 - 2018
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 45
Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, V. S. Naipaul ranks 1 out of 56. After him are Haddaway (1965), Nicki Minaj (1982), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Billy Ocean (1950), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Dwight Yorke (1971), Edmundo Ros (1910), Stokely Carmichael (1941), Steven Pressfield (1943), Michael Fisher (1931), and Imran N. Hosein (1942).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 2
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 5
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 6
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 7
1910 - 2011
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 8
1941 - 1998
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 9
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 10
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Trinidad and Tobago, V. S. Naipaul ranks 1. After him are Steven Pressfield (1943) and C. L. R. James (1901).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 2
1901 - 1989
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 3