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Barbara Cartland

1901 - 2000

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Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century. Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television, including A Hazard of Hearts, A Ghost in Monte Carlo and Duel of Hearts. Her novels have been translated from English into numerous languages, making Cartland the fifth most translated author worldwide, excluding biblical works. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Cartland is the 1,336th most popular writer (up from 1,672nd in 2019), the 1,206th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,285th in 2019) and the 128th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Barbara Cartland ranks 1,336 out of 7,302. Before her are Widukind of Corvey, Walter M. Miller Jr., Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Dag Solstad, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. After her are Arnold van Gennep, Bharata Muni, Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, Joseph Mohr, and Clodia Pulchra.

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Among people born in 1901, Barbara Cartland ranks 74. Before her are Alice Prin, Itzhak Stern, Charles Brenton Huggins, Souvanna Phouma, Hans Kammler, and Mohammed Abdel Wahab. After her are Arthur Samuel, Zhang Xueliang, Vasili Kuznetsov, Milada Horáková, Rudolf Caracciola, and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid. Among people deceased in 2000, Barbara Cartland ranks 50. Before her are Akira Nozawa, Anatoly Sobchak, John Harsanyi, Merton Miller, Richard Farnsworth, and Leonid Rogozov. After her are Lolo Ferrari, Saburō Sakai, Đorđe Martinović incident, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Friedrich Gulda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Cartland ranks 1,206 out of 8,785. Before her are Clive Granger (1934), Max Mosley (1940), John Schlesinger (1926), Simon Pegg (1970), Matilda of Scotland (1080), and Eadgyth (910). After her are Williamina Fleming (1857), Mary Kingsley (1862), William Hague (1961), Reginald Johnston (1874), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), and Roger Daltrey (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Cartland ranks 128. Before her are John William Polidori (1795), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), and Lobsang Rampa (1910). After her are Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), and John Berger (1926).

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