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Dick Francis

1920 - 2010

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Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from horseracing and became a journalist and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Francis is the 2,279th most popular writer (up from 2,467th in 2019), the 1,950th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,819th in 2019) and the 219th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Dick Francis ranks 2,279 out of 7,302. Before him are Bo Carpelan, Paul the Silentiary, Étienne Dolet, Thomas Gray, Fujiwara no Teika, and James Herbert Brennan. After him are Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jurij Brězan, Al-Busiri, Alma Karlin, Walter of Châtillon, and Frankétienne.

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Among people born in 1920, Dick Francis ranks 140. Before him are Henrietta Lacks, Marie Tharp, Andrew V. McLaglen, Yevgeny Dragunov, Richard Adams, and Thomas Gold. After him are Alf Ramsey, John Maynard Smith, Paik Sun-yup, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, and Thomas Szasz. Among people deceased in 2010, Dick Francis ranks 107. Before him are Nicolas Hayek, Ziba Ganiyeva, Jill Clayburgh, Abraham Sutzkever, Luis Corvalán, and Dimitrios Ioannidis. After him are Laurent Fignon, Martin Sandberger, Andrei Voznesensky, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Charlie Wilson, and Alexander McQueen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick Francis ranks 1,950 out of 8,785. Before him are William George Horner (1786), Bertram Ramsay (1883), Thomas Gray (1716), John O. Westwood (1805), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), and James Herbert Brennan (1940). After him are Patricia Hayes (1909), Alf Ramsey (1920), Paul Bettany (1971), Thomas Tew (1649), Thom Yorke (1968), and Gary Brooker (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Dick Francis ranks 219. Before him are Thomas Wyatt (1503), Colin Wilson (1931), Matthew Arnold (1822), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Thomas Gray (1716), and James Herbert Brennan (1940). After him are Tobias Smollett (1721), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Ouida (1839), Mary Astell (1666), and John Fletcher (1579).

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