1955 - Today
Valarie McDermid, (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Val McDermid has received more than 1,356,861 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Val McDermid is the 5,217th most popular writer (down from 4,365th in 2019), the 4,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,332nd in 2019) and the 462nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Val McDermid ranks 5,217 out of 5,755. Before her are Peter Orlovsky, Jacqueline Wilson, Jean Amrouche, Antoine Blondin, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, and Vjenceslav Novak. After her are Michael Shermer, Elvira Lindo, Olive Schreiner, Carl Amery, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Robinson Jeffers.
1933 - 2010
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 5,211
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 5,212
1906 - 1962
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 5,213
1922 - 1991
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 5,214
1914 - 1988
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 5,215
1859 - 1905
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 5,216
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,217
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,218
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 5,219
1855 - 1920
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 5,220
1922 - 2005
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 5,221
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 5,222
1887 - 1962
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 5,223
Among people born in 1955, Val McDermid ranks 324. Before her are Fang Fang, Zlatko Lagumdžija, Azar Nafisi, Enric Miralles, Khoren Oganesian, and Dana Carvey. After her are Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, William H. McRaven, Indra Nooyi, Toshio Matsuura, Michel Renquin, and King Kong Bundy.
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 318
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 319
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 320
1955 - 2000
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 321
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 322
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 323
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 324
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 325
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 326
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 327
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 328
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 329
1955 - 2019
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 330
Among people born in United Kingdom, Val McDermid ranks 4,140 out of 7,765. Before her are Matthew Lewis (1989), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), and Richard Gunn (1871). After her are Ian Charleson (1949), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Ben Nicholson (1894), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Frank Bruno (1961), and Talulah Riley (1985).
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,134
1913 - 2016
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,135
1882 - 1948
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,136
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,137
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,138
1871 - 1961
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,139
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,140
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,141
1792 - 1840
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,142
1894 - 1982
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,143
1741 - 1759
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,144
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,145
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,146
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Val McDermid ranks 462. Before her are Bruno Heller (1960), Roger Ascham (1515), Gilbert Adair (1944), Charles Allston Collins (1828), John Clare (1793), and Jacqueline Wilson (1945). After her are William Michael Rossetti (1829), Daniel Tammet (1979), Joanne Harris (1964), Antonia Fraser (1932), Ian McDonald (1960), and Charles Mackay (1814).
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 456
1515 - 1568
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 457
1944 - 2011
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 458
1828 - 1873
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 459
1793 - 1864
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 460
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 461
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 462
1829 - 1919
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 463
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 464
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 465
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 466
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 467
1814 - 1889
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 468