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Michael Bond

1926 - 2017

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Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author. He is best known for a series of children's books featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million books in the series have been sold worldwide, and the characters have also appeared in several animated television series, a film series, and a stage musical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Bond is the 2,898th most popular writer (down from 2,877th in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,119th in 2019) and the 266th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Bond ranks 2,898 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Garnier, Jean-François de La Harpe, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Edward Bunker, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Ahron Daum. After him are Dionysius Periegetes, Vera Brittain, Aleksander Fredro, Vyacheslav Ivanov, May Ziade, and Shulamith Firestone.

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Among people born in 1926, Michael Bond ranks 195. Before him are Sonja Ziemann, Judith Malina, Ivica Horvat, Ingrid Haebler, George Rhoden, and Wolfgang Iser. After him are Georges Lautner, Klaus Tennstedt, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Mahasweta Devi, and Choi Eun-hee. Among people deceased in 2017, Michael Bond ranks 201. Before him are Roger Walkowiak, Dritëro Agolli, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Imre Földi, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, and John Ashbery. After him are Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Allan Holdsworth, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Bernard Francis Law, Željko Perušić, and Seijun Suzuki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Bond ranks 2,389 out of 8,785. Before him are Carlo Acutis (1991), T. H. Marshall (1893), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), Cuthbert (635), Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873), and Lorna Wing (1928). After him are Catherine Carey (1523), James H. Wilkinson (1919), Vera Brittain (1893), Veronica Cartwright (1949), Dora Carrington (1893), and Richard Hughes (1900).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Bond ranks 266. Before him are John Webster (1578), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), John Evelyn (1620), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), and Angela Carter (1940). After him are Vera Brittain (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Tom Sharpe (1928), John Cleland (1709), and Francis Beaumont (1584).

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