WRITER

James Hilton

1900 - 1954

James Hilton

James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Hilton is the 561st most popular writer (up from 2,102nd in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,589th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Hilton ranks 561 out of 7,302. Before him are Yunus Emre, Henry IV of Castile, Matilde Camus, Elie Wiesel, Anthony Burgess, and Tom Clancy. After him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Beatrix Potter, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Sayat-Nova, Frontinus, and Sidney Sheldon.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Yunus Emre
1240 - 1321
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 555
Henry IV of Castile
1425 - 1474
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 556
Matilde Camus
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 557
Elie Wiesel
1928 - 2016
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 558
Anthony Burgess
1917 - 1993
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 559
Tom Clancy
1947 - 2013
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 560
James Hilton
1900 - 1954
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 561
Salvatore Quasimodo
1901 - 1968
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 562
Beatrix Potter
1866 - 1943
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 563
Juan Ramón Jiménez
1881 - 1958
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 564
Sayat-Nova
1712 - 1795
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 565
Frontinus
30 - 103
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 566
Sidney Sheldon
1917 - 2007
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 567

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, James Hilton ranks 33. Before him are Maria of Yugoslavia, Sándor Márai, Richard Kuhn, Ragnar Granit, Alfred Newman, and Hans Fritzsche. After him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Jan Oort, Kurt Weill, Pak Hon-yong, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Karl Wolff. Among people deceased in 1954, James Hilton ranks 20. Before him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Alcide De Gasperi, Jacinto Benavente, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Machine Gun Kelly, and Dziga Vertov. After him are Andrey Vyshinsky, Maximilian von Weichs, The French Angel, Léon Jouhaux, Clemens Krauss, and Martin Andersen Nexø.

Others Born in 1900

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Maria of Yugoslavia
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1961
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 27
Sándor Márai
WRITER
1900 - 1989
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 28
Richard Kuhn
CHEMIST
1900 - 1967
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 29
Ragnar Granit
PHYSICIAN
1900 - 1991
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 30
Alfred Newman
COMPOSER
1900 - 1970
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 31
Hans Fritzsche
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1953
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 32
James Hilton
WRITER
1900 - 1954
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 33
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
ASTRONOMER
1900 - 1979
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 34
Jan Oort
ASTRONOMER
1900 - 1992
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 35
Kurt Weill
COMPOSER
1900 - 1950
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 36
Pak Hon-yong
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1955
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 37
Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1948
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 38
Karl Wolff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1984
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 39

Others Deceased in 1954

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Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 14
Alcide De Gasperi
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1954
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 15
Jacinto Benavente
WRITER
1866 - 1954
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 16
Wilhelm Furtwängler
CONDUCTOR
1886 - 1954
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 17
Machine Gun Kelly
EXTREMIST
1895 - 1954
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 18
Dziga Vertov
FILM DIRECTOR
1896 - 1954
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 19
James Hilton
WRITER
1900 - 1954
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 20
Andrey Vyshinsky
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1954
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 21
Maximilian von Weichs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 22
The French Angel
WRESTLER
1903 - 1954
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 23
Léon Jouhaux
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1954
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 24
Clemens Krauss
COMPOSER
1893 - 1954
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 25
Martin Andersen Nexø
WRITER
1869 - 1954
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 26