1924 - 2006
William Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a British poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Auld has received more than 55,216 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. William Auld is the 1,979th most popular writer (up from 2,848th in 2019), the 1,565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,151st in 2019) and the 165th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, William Auld ranks 1,979 out of 5,755. Before him are Philippe Sollers, Israel Joshua Singer, Isaeus, Arkady Gaidar, Ivan Mažuranić, and Carl Sandburg. After him are Isaac the Blind, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Arsen Kotsoyev, Paul Morand, Tin Ujević, and Feng Menglong.
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,973
1893 - 1944
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,974
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,975
1904 - 1941
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,976
1814 - 1890
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,977
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,978
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,979
1160 - 1235
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,980
1833 - 1891
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,981
1872 - 1944
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,982
1888 - 1976
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,983
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,984
1574 - 1645
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,985
Among people born in 1924, William Auld ranks 126. Before him are Daniel Inouye, Jean Girault, Khamtai Siphandon, Rikidōzan, E. P. Thompson, and Aman Andom. After him are Allan Edwall, Carlo Bergonzi, Cicely Tyson, Edward Cassidy, Alexander Haig, and Zbigniew Herbert. Among people deceased in 2006, William Auld ranks 102. Before him are Allan Kaprow, Trevor Berbick, Tina Aumont, Ali Farka Touré, P. F. Strawson, and Shin Sang-ok. After him are Óscar Míguez, Elias Hrawi, Anna Moffo, Alexander Zinoviev, Lee Jong-wook, and Red Buttons.
1924 - 2012
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 120
1924 - 1982
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 121
1924 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 122
1924 - 1963
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 123
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 124
1924 - 1974
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 125
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 126
1924 - 1997
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 127
1924 - 2014
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 128
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 129
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 130
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 131
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 132
1927 - 2006
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 96
1954 - 2006
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 97
1946 - 2006
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 98
1939 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 99
1919 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 100
1926 - 2006
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 101
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 102
1927 - 2006
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 103
1926 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 104
1932 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 105
1922 - 2006
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 106
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 107
1919 - 2006
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 108
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Auld ranks 1,565 out of 7,765. Before him are George Shaw (1751), Hertha Ayrton (1854), Margaret Burbidge (1919), Olaf Stapledon (1886), John Smyth (1570), and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784). After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Muir (1838), David Coulthard (1971), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Margaret Douglas (1515), and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708).
1751 - 1813
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,559
1854 - 1923
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,560
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,561
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,562
1570 - 1612
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,563
1784 - 1860
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,564
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,565
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,566
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 1,567
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,568
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,569
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,570
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,571
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Auld ranks 165. Before him are Anthony Trollope (1815), George MacDonald (1824), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Sister Nivedita (1867), Vita Sackville-West (1892), and Karen Armstrong (1944). After him are Eric Knight (1897), Walter Bagehot (1826), Gerald Gardner (1884), James Herriot (1916), Philip Sidney (1554), and Richard Adams (1920).
1815 - 1882
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 159
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 160
1893 - 1957
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 161
1867 - 1911
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 162
1892 - 1962
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 163
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 164
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 165
1897 - 1943
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 166
1826 - 1877
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 167
1884 - 1964
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 168
1916 - 1995
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 169
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 170
1920 - 2016
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 171