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Agatha Christie

1890 - 1976

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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers, particularly in the mystery genre. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—a nickname now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery". She wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agatha Christie is the 33rd most popular writer (down from 30th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Writer.

Agatha Christie is most famous for her mystery novels.

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Among writers, Agatha Christie ranks 33 out of 7,302. Before her are Petrarch, Honoré de Balzac, Aesop, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Gabriel García Márquez, and Giovanni Boccaccio. After her are H. G. Wells, Khalil Gibran, Anne Frank, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, and Matsuo Bashō.

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Among people born in 1890, Agatha Christie ranks 3. Before her are Charles de Gaulle, and Ho Chi Minh. After her are Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lawrence Bragg, Vyacheslav Molotov, Friedrich Paulus, Boris Pasternak, H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, Alfred Jodl, and Karel Čapek. Among people deceased in 1976, Agatha Christie ranks 2. Before her is Mao Zedong. After her are Martin Heidegger, Bernard Montgomery, Werner Heisenberg, Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, and Fritz Lang.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Agatha Christie ranks 39 out of 8,785. Before her are Richard I of England (1157), Anne Boleyn (1501), Queen Victoria (1819), Mary II of England (1662), Michael Faraday (1791), and Edward V of England (1470). After her are H. G. Wells (1866), Thomas Hobbes (1588), Edmond Halley (1656), Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Mary I of England (1516), and Charles Dickens (1812).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Agatha Christie ranks 2. Before her are William Shakespeare (1564). After her are H. G. Wells (1866), Charles Dickens (1812), Thomas Hardy (1840), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Lord Byron (1788), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Daniel Defoe (1660), Virginia Woolf (1882), Jane Austen (1775), and Lewis Carroll (1832).

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