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Frederick Forsyth

1938 - 2025

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Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( for-SYTH; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List. Forsyth's works frequently appeared on best-sellers lists, and more than a dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. By 2006, he had sold more than 70 million books in more than 30 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Forsyth is the 568th most popular writer (up from 863rd in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 654th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Writer.

Forsyth is most famous for his novel The Day of the Jackal, which is about a professional assassin hired to kill French president Charles de Gaulle.

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Among writers, Frederick Forsyth ranks 568 out of 7,302. Before him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Beatrix Potter, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Sayat-Nova, Frontinus, and Sidney Sheldon. After him are Arthur Koestler, Alfred Jarry, Klaus Ebner, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Napoleon Hill, and Alexander Herzen.

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Among people born in 1938, Frederick Forsyth ranks 33. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Paul Verhoeven, Vladimir Vysotsky, Mireille Darc, Jim Simons, and Heinz Fischer. After him are Giorgetto Giugiaro, Kurt Wüthrich, Natalie Wood, Rod Laver, Bounnhang Vorachith, and Liv Ullmann. Among people deceased in 2025, Frederick Forsyth ranks 23. Before him are Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, George E. Smith, George Foreman, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Fouad Mebazaa. After him are Richard Williamson, Dražen Dalipagić, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Geneviève Page, Roberta Flack, and Robert Benton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Forsyth ranks 520 out of 8,785. Before him are James I of Scotland (1394), Glenn Hughes (1951), Christopher Hogwood (1941), John Michell (1724), Colin Firth (1960), and Alan Parker (1944). After him are Richard Hughes (1975), Richard Owen (1804), John Donne (1572), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), and Kenny Baker (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Forsyth ranks 55. Before him are J. M. Barrie (1860), Enid Blyton (1897), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Anthony Burgess (1917), James Hilton (1900), and Beatrix Potter (1866). After him are John Donne (1572), George Eliot (1819), Robert Burns (1759), Harold Pinter (1930), Samuel Johnson (1709), and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772).

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