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Douglas Adams

1952 - 2001

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Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humorist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy evolved into a "trilogy" of six (or five, according to the author) books which sold more than 15 million copies in his life. It was made into a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Adams is the 869th most popular writer (down from 671st in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 510th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Writer.

Douglas Adams is most famous for his work on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

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Among writers, Douglas Adams ranks 869 out of 7,302. Before him are Jens Peter Jacobsen, Vātsyāyana, Sam Shepard, Zhang Sanfeng, Arthur Adamov, and Periander. After him are Georg Brandes, Thietmar of Merseburg, Thomas Harris, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Guido Cavalcanti, and Ibn al-Muqaffa'.

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Among people born in 1952, Douglas Adams ranks 55. Before him are Allan Simonsen, Jimmy Connors, Shigeru Miyamoto, Christian Clavier, Vahid Halilhodžić, and Fuad II of Egypt. After him are George Papandreou, John Goodman, Nicko McBrain, Charles Scott Sherrington, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, and Yousaf Raza Gillani. Among people deceased in 2001, Douglas Adams ranks 35. Before him are Marie José of Belgium, Donald J. Cram, Timothy McVeigh, Masao Ono, Robert Ludlum, and Carroll O'Connor. After him are Mohamed Atta, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Balthus, Emilie Schindler, Jacques Mayol, and John Lee Hooker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Douglas Adams ranks 816 out of 8,785. Before him are Wentworth Miller (1972), Stephen Graham (1973), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Richard Francis Burton (1821), Beatrice Webb (1858), and Mackenzie Bowell (1823). After him are Thomas Wolsey (1473), Thomas Cranmer (1489), Annie Besant (1847), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), and James May (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Douglas Adams ranks 84. Before him are Ben Jonson (1572), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), and Julian Barnes (1946). After him are James May (1963), Ian McEwan (1948), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), and Samuel Richardson (1689).

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