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Ken Follett

1949 - Today

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Kenneth Martin Follett (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 198 million copies of his works. His books have been sold in over 80 countries. Follett's commercial breakthrough came with the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1978). After writing more best-sellers in the genre in the 1980s, he branched into historical fiction with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), an epic set in medieval England which became his best-known work and the first published in the Kingsbridge series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Follett is the 477th most popular writer (down from 351st in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Writer.

Ken Follett is most famous for his novel "The Pillars of the Earth" which is about the building of a cathedral in the 12th century.

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Among writers, Ken Follett ranks 477 out of 7,302. Before him are Tulsidas, Mo Yan, Françoise Sagan, Lactantius, André Maurois, and Karl Barth. After him are Savitribai Phule, France Prešeren, Milena Jesenská, Vladimir Vysotsky, Edward Said, and Comte de Lautréamont.

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Among people born in 1949, Ken Follett ranks 34. Before him are Sandra Mason, Mohammed Shahabuddin, Jessica Lange, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Jeff Bridges, and Thaksin Shinawatra. After him are Han Duck-soo, Alla Pugacheva, Thomas Sankara, Arif Alvi, George Foreman, and Bobby Farrell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Follett ranks 429 out of 8,785. Before him are William Morris (1834), Alexander Selkirk (1676), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), David Harvey (1935), Benjamin Britten (1913), and Timothy Dalton (1946). After him are William Stuart-Houston (1911), John Couch Adams (1819), John Deacon (1951), Roger Williams (1603), Morrissey (1959), and David Suchet (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ken Follett ranks 44. Before him are Graham Greene (1904), John Galsworthy (1867), Ian Fleming (1908), Philip Larkin (1922), Thomas De Quincey (1785), and Samuel Butler (1835). After him are Arnold Bennett (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), Thomas Paine (1737), G. K. Chesterton (1874), J. M. Barrie (1860), and Enid Blyton (1897).

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