1908 - 2003
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction and plays. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Winston Graham has received more than 740,306 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Winston Graham is the 3,069th most popular writer (down from 2,575th in 2019), the 2,282nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,949th in 2019) and the 265th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Winston Graham ranks 3,069 out of 5,755. Before him are Jack Higgins, Glen A. Larson, Torben Ulrich, Pierre Souvestre, Abdulah Sidran, and Ioan Slavici. After him are Hierocles of Alexandria, Yulian Semyonov, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Jorge Guillén, and Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg.
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3,063
1937 - 2014
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,064
1928 - 2023
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,065
1874 - 1914
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,066
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,067
1848 - 1925
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,068
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,069
410 - 500
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,070
1931 - 1993
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,071
1874 - 1908
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,072
1450 - 1504
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,073
1893 - 1984
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,074
1806 - 1876
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,075
Among people born in 1908, Winston Graham ranks 157. Before him are Ho Jong-suk, Nikolay Nosov, Mario Evaristo, Boris Polevoy, Bengt Strömgren, and Luis Regueiro. After him are Leo Sternbach, René Daumal, Elliott Carter, Gideon Ståhlberg, Edoardo Amaldi, and Olga Benário Prestes. Among people deceased in 2003, Winston Graham ranks 141. Before him are Milton George Henschel, Luděk Pachman, Kir Bulychev, Augusto Monterroso, Paul Janssen, and Nello Pagani. After him are Sam Phillips, Hope Lange, Lothar Emmerich, Lewis A. Coser, Martha Chase, and Karl Kling.
1908 - 1991
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 151
1908 - 1976
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 152
1908 - 1993
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 153
1908 - 1981
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 154
1908 - 1987
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 155
1908 - 1995
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 156
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 157
1908 - 2005
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 158
1908 - 1944
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 159
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 160
1908 - 1967
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 161
1908 - 1989
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 162
1908 - 1942
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 163
1920 - 2003
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 135
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 136
1934 - 2003
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 137
1921 - 2003
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 138
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 139
1911 - 2003
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 140
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 141
1923 - 2003
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 142
1933 - 2003
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 143
1941 - 2003
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 144
1913 - 2003
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 145
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 146
1910 - 2003
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 147
Among people born in United Kingdom, Winston Graham ranks 2,282 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Hammond (1969), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), David Gill (1843), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), William Curtis (1746), and Jack Higgins (1929). After him are Natalie Dormer (1982), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Patrick Troughton (1920), Richard Williamson (1940), Colin Clark (1905), and John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836).
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 2,276
1889 - 1922
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 2,277
1843 - 1914
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 2,278
1893 - 1964
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 2,279
1746 - 1799
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 2,280
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 2,281
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 2,282
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 2,283
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 2,284
1920 - 1987
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 2,285
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 2,286
1905 - 1989
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 2,287
1836 - 1893
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 2,288
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Winston Graham ranks 265. Before him are Nick Hornby (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), William Smith (1813), Dodie Smith (1896), Richard Hammond (1969), and Jack Higgins (1929). After him are John Stott (1921), Wilfred Owen (1893), John Evelyn (1620), Charles Kingsley (1819), Branwell Brontë (1817), and Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893).
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 259
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 260
1813 - 1893
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 261
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 262
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 263
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 264
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 265
1921 - 2011
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 266
1893 - 1918
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 267
1620 - 1706
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 268
1819 - 1875
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 269
1817 - 1848
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 270
1893 - 1971
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 271