1932 - 2018
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidadian-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 2,269,441 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). V. S. Naipaul is the 822nd most popular writer (up from 877th 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 822 out of 5,755. Before him are Heliodorus of Emesa, Milorad Pavić, Jean Anouilh, Philip Pullman, Stesichorus, and Zhang Sanfeng. After him are Aelius Donatus, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Bhāsa, Viktor Shklovsky, and Laura de Noves.
250 - 400
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 816
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 817
1910 - 1987
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 818
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 819
630 BC - 555 BC
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 820
1200 - 1301
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 821
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 822
320 - 380
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 823
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 824
190 - 264
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 825
200 - 300
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 826
1893 - 1984
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 827
1310 - 1348
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 828
Among people born in 1932, V. S. Naipaul ranks 55. Before him are Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Stephen Covey, Sirikit, Robert Vaughn, Francis Lai, and Zito. After him are Nam June Paik, Harriet Andersson, Algirdas Brazauskas, Melvin Schwartz, John Updike, and Anatoliy Solovianenko. Among people deceased in 2018, V. S. Naipaul ranks 38. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi, Robert Venturi, Francis Lai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Roy J. Glauber, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Gudrun Burwitz, Barbara Bush, R. Lee Ermey, Riccardo Giacconi, Burton Richter, and Jens Christian Skou.
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 49
1932 - 2012
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 50
1932 - Present
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 51
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 52
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 53
1932 - 2015
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 54
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 55
1932 - 2006
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 56
1932 - Present
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 57
1932 - 2010
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 58
1932 - 2006
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 59
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 60
1932 - 1999
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 61
1958 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 32
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 33
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 34
1924 - 2018
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 35
1925 - 2018
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 36
1916 - 2018
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 37
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 38
1929 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 39
1925 - 2018
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 40
1944 - 2018
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 41
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 42
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 43
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 44
Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, V. S. Naipaul ranks 1 out of 64. After him are Haddaway (1965), Imran N. Hosein (1942), Billy Ocean (1950), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Dwight Yorke (1971), Nicki Minaj (1982), Michael Fisher (1931), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), Edmundo Ros (1910), and Stokely Carmichael (1941).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 5
1931 - 2018
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 6
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 7
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 8
1931 - 2021
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 9
1926 - 2014
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 10
1910 - 2011
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 11
1941 - 1998
HPI: 46.23
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: 62.43
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 2
1901 - 1989
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 3